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Time Was - by Ian McDonald (Paperback)

Name: Time Was - by Ian McDonald (Paperback)
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Ian McDonald weaves a love story across an endless expanse with his science fiction novella Time Was A love story stitched across time and war, shaped by the power of books, and ultimately destroyed by it.
About the Author: IAN McDONALD was born in 1960 in Manchester, England, to an Irish mother and a Scottish father.
144 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Science Fiction

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"A love story stitched across time and war, shaped by the power of books, and ultimately destroyed by it"--Amazon.com.

Book Synopsis

Ian McDonald weaves a love story across an endless expanse with his science fiction novella Time Was

A love story stitched across time and war, shaped by the power of books, and ultimately destroyed by it.

In the heart of World War II, Tom and Ben became lovers. Brought together by a secret project designed to hide British targets from German radar, the two founded a love that could not be revealed. When the project went wrong, Tom and Ben vanished into nothingness, presumed dead. Their bodies were never found.

Now the two are lost in time, hunting each other across decades, leaving clues in books of poetry and trying to make their desperate timelines overlap.

Review Quotes

"With echoes of H. G. Wells's The Time Machine and replete with the inimitable scent of used bookstores, Time Was weaves an exquisite spell of love, war and quantum physics that is timeless in its appeal. A scientific romance in the most evocative sense of the word." --Nina Allan

"McDonald's gift for storytelling is on full display as he captures the emotional nuances of a decades-long love while exploring issues of military and scientific might and the state of the contemporary book industry." --Booklist

About the Author

IAN McDONALD was born in 1960 in Manchester, England, to an Irish mother and a Scottish father. He moved with his family to Northern Ireland in 1965. He is the author of Luna: New Moon and Luna: Wolf Moon. He has won the Locus Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He now lives in Belfast.

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Dimensions (Overall): 7.8 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)

Weight: .4 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 144

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Science Fiction

Publisher: Tor.com

Theme: Time Travel

Format: Paperback

Author: Ian McDonald

Language: English

Street Date: April 24, 2018

TCIN: 90826092

UPC: 9780765391469

Item Number (DPCI): 247-48-7170

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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