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A Time to Remember Mass Market Paperback – August 2, 1988

by Stanley Shapiro (Author)

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David travels back in time to prevent the assassination of President Kennedy but is prevented from stopping Lee Harvey Oswald from shooting and is himself then arrested for Kennedy's murder

Print length

274 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Signet
Publication date

August 2, 1988
Dimensions

7 x 1 x 5 inches
ISBN-10

0451154843
ISBN-13

978-0451154842
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Signet (August 2, 1988)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 274 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0451154843
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0451154842
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1 x 5 inches

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Charlie Glover

Great Time Travel Novel

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2006

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Stanley Shapiro's book about a man who goes back in time to try to stop the Kennedy assassination is a fast read and a good one. Shapiro, whose only other novel (that I've been able to locate) is a strange and well written horror fantasy called "Simon's Soul," wrote the movie "Running Against Time" which was based on "A Time to Remember." The movie was very good... it cut out a few of the more depressing parts and changed the ending, but was otherwise faithful.

Yes, the story about Kennedy pulling us out of Vietnam and keeping bad things across the following decades from happening might not be entirely plausible, but the story doesn't suffer because of it. Check out the book "Time Out of Mind" by Peter Delacorte, which tells a time travel theory about how much better the world would have been if they went back in time and killed Reagan. Authors' political views aside, both of these time travel books were very entertaining and well written.

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kone

Average Time Travel Fare

Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2016

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Having read Stephen King's "November 22, 1963", and giving it 5 stars, I suppose I am holding all other time travel, Kennedy-Oswald books to that high standard. That said, this book cannot hold a candle to King's spellbinding narrative. It's mildly interesting, and that is about the best thing I can say about it. The premise is excellent, a man going back in time to stop Oswald and to save his older brother from a Vietnam War death. With this foundation, the book should have been a winner. However, there was nothing particularly exciting or thrilling about the developing narrative. In my opinion, the plot flounders in mid-book, loses its focus, and ends somewhat anti-climatically.

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kd4bama

and liked it enough to want to read again

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2015

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Read this book 30 years ago, and liked it enough to want to read again. Great premise.

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Donna Millican

Read this many years ago and decided to read it ...

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2018

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Read this many years ago and decided to read it again. In this new day and age, it seemed less intriguing.

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T. Woods

Review of A time to remember.

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2013

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I have not read this book yet, but it arrived on time, in excellent shape and was as described. Very satisfied.

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2015

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Excellent

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Jeffrey Ellis

A sweet-natured fable

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2002

Stanley Shapiro's A Time To Remember is an amiable mix of old-fashioned science fiction and baby boomer nostalgia for a more innocent, pre-Viet Nam America. In 1986, a Dallas-based man, his girlfriend, and an almost campily eccentric professor experiment with travelling into the past. Our hero's goal? To go back to November 22nd, 1963, prevent Lee Harvery Oswald from assassinating President Kennedy, and save the life of his older brother who would die in a war that the book's heroes (and writer Shapiro himself) is convinced that JFK would have prevented had he lived. ... It's a neat, little plot and Shapiro tells his story with such sincerity that it hardly matters that many of the book's twists and assumptions don't hold up under closer scrutiny. (For instance, the book's central assumption that Kennedy would have truly pulled out of Viet Nam and by doing so, prevented every traumatic event of the next two decades always seems to be more a case of wish fullfilment than a truly believable possibility.) What makes the book work is Shapiro's loving recreation of a simpler, less cynical America, of the nation that basically disappeared into the upheavel of the '60s. Reading this book, it is impossible not to mourn that innocence that has been lost in the past few decades. Even if you don't agree with Shapiro's central assumption that Kennedy, if he had lived, would have preserved that innocence, it's hard not to wish he was right as you read this heartfelt, idealistic fable.

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Soundman

Excellent novel, and I am sure the water that helped grow Stephen King's 11/22/63

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2014

This is an outstanding novella. I read it back when it came out in 1986. It made a huge impression on me. One of those books that sticks with you even after years. Very well written and hard to put down.

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Sudsy100

Very cool alternate trip down memory lane

Reviewed in Canada on January 29, 2019

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I really like this book. It's an easy read, but the "what if JFK lived" plot line is compelling and very well done. It's not an epic, but for the right price it's a very worthwhile read for JFK buffs and those who like alternate history stories. It's a "can't miss" purchase.

Mr. John Frank Herbert

JFK And Time Travel Winner

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 1, 2006

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It's an intriguing story, combining time travel with the Kennedy assassination.

When David Russell returns to that fatal day, in an attempt to thwart Lee Harvey Oswald, he only makes matters far worse - by being branded Kennedy's killer, whereas Oswald becomes a hero.

I enjoyed this tale, as it kept me guessing all the way through.

Eventually made into a film.

Time travel freaks - go get it!

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