Breaking landspeed (or at least podiobook) records for most posts in a single day, we’re happy to announce the third completed novella posted by Tom Lichtenberg. This is a science fiction story, and it’s called Time Zone:
This is not your father’s time travel. There’s no machine, there is no dial. There’s no telling where or when you’ll go. The only thing that can change is you. It will make you what it needs to make you, to fit you in, to make it work. And when you come back, that is if you come back, it won’t be the same you at all. You’re messing with the nature of things, and the nature of things does not like to be messed with, as Garrett Ronson and his friends find out, the hard way.
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July 9th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Gave it nearly two episodes, gave up in frustration. No “hooks” for me to understand what was going on. In a work this short, that needs to be plenty of time. Sorry, maybe next time…
November 22nd, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Author’s note: My description may be lacking. This is not a normal beginning-middle-end kind of thing. It’s more of a puzzle, a riddle of change, addiction and compulsion.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:47 am
the story just went nowhere realy slowly.I agree with the last guy ..no hooks . maybee its a audio book thing but a good strong hook up front can hold you till the senario is set up and this book just was too long in the setting up i think .. I gave up 3 or 4 chapters in. had just read tannis and then the pil..?? revisionist so was on a huge high. hope im not being too hard.i dont want to crush your creativity. i love time travel stories but this one just left me flat
February 12th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Thanks for giving it a try and taking the time to comment. I’ve always liked time travel stories too. It struck me that we generally insist that impossible things (like time travel) follow their certain rules (ghosts have to haunt, zombies want to eat human flesh rather than take in a movie, etc … We expect the same from our fictions too, so I know it can be really annoying when they don’t – but sometimes I like to start a story and let it go where it wants to, whether it behaves itself properly or not. This one had a mind of its own.
Maybe you’re right about ‘the audio book thing’. My more straight-ahead stories (some of which are also here on podiobooks) have had much more positive responses.
March 3rd, 2010 at 10:37 pm
I found the departure from standard narrative flow quite enjoyable and suited to the subject. I rather enjoy when a book makes me pay attention to follow the story. The ending was particularly strong, leaving me excited and thinking. I love a good ending.
March 5th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
Ananda – thanks for the nice comment!