Time Out of Mind by Pierre Boulle

Time Out of Mind Reviews

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  Janet

  Pierre Boulle doesn't disappoint in this collection of short stories ranging from the aftermath of a certain famous Nazi leader, to the consequences of Eve refusing to eat the forbidden fruit. Very interesting and compact, all with Boulle's signature ironic silliness!
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  Nick Duretta

  This is an interesting collections of speculative fiction stories by the guy who wrote "Planet of the Apes." Most of the stories, which have characters as diverse as Adam and Eve and Hitler, feature a similar twist ending that is a wry commentary on the lapses of the human race.
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  Angela

  I especially enjoyed the first two stories - Time Out of Mind and The Man Who Picked Up Pins.
  The first story deals with time travel and aliens. very interesting.
  Love and Gravity was my least favorite.
  quite an interesting collection of stories.
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  Amy

  I hunted down a copy of this book because of the short story Love and Gravity. I read that story as a "bonus" story during my science fiction literature class in high school. Brew couldn't assign it to us directly, because of the subject matter of the story itself, but he recommended it unofficially because it was such an amusing read.
  
  The rest of the stories in the book ranged from equally amusing to odd to the point where I just wasn't sure what to make of them. Overall, it's still a wonderful addition to my personal library, and I recommend the book if for no reason other than reading Love and Gravity.
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  Nonethousand Oberrhein

  Absurdités fantaisistes
  Hallucinations “dantesques”, voyages dans le temps, la poésie par la logique, guerres de religion “scientifiques”, la quête de l’intelligence artificielle la plus “humaine”… Partant de ces sujets captivants, l’auteur cherche à faire un procès ironique à l’humanité toute entière. Malheureusement le résultat final tombe souvent à plat, faute d’un style trop monotone ou des réalisations manquant la “force de frappe” nécessaire pour sceller le message. Une occasion manquée pour tous ceux qui recherchent dans le fantastique une allégorie dénonçant ou décryptant le réel.
• 
  Lysergius

  Contents:
  Time Out of Mind (Une Nuit interminable)
  The Man Who Picked Up Pins (L'Homme qui ramassait les épingles)
  The Miracle (Le Miracle)
  The Perfect Robot (Le Parfait robot)
  The Enigmatic Saint (Le Saint énigmatique)
  The Lunians (Les Luniens)
  The Diabolical Weapon (L'Arme diabolique)
  The Age of Wisdom (Le Règne des sages)
  The Man Who Hated Machines (L'Homme qui haïssait les machines)
  Love and Gravity (L'Amour et la pesanteur)
  The Hallucination (L'Hallucination)
  E=mc² (E=mc² ou le roman d'une idée)
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  Brendan

  The stories were slightly interesting, but not enough to make me read all of them, so their are probably some gems I missed.
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  Kristopher Peterson

  Some stories were better than others, but fun sci-fi with a good sense of humor. It's worth one read.
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  Marco den Ouden

  This is a collection of short stories by the author of Planet of the Apes. Some clever tales.
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  James Davis

  It really is absurd and fun.