Time travel? Anyone?

[ivyfic]

I've asked for this before, but does anyone have recommendations for good time-travel novels? I'm in the mood for something meaty and emo and angsty that won't make me throw it at the wall. And even though time-travel romance is such a big category it's a browse category on amazon, it's that "not throw it at the wall" bit that seems to be the stumbling block.

I don't actually care if it's romance or not, but if it's not, it still needs to be more about characters than mechanics.

And if you say Outlander or Time Traveler's Wife, that's it, you've disqualified yourself from giving me recommendations by proving you have no taste.

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[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

I actually loved The Time Traveler's Wife, but if you've made up your mind about it already... I didn't like Replay by Ken Grimwood though, so you might check that one out.

I definitely recommend highly highly highly Connie Willis, specifically Doomsday Book and her short stories, though Blackout and All Clear are also quite good.

An oldie but a goodie: Time And Again by Jack Finney, with bonuses for historic NYC. Somewhere in Time's time travel method bears some resemblance to the one used in this book.

For something completely different, there's also Octavia E. Butler's book Kindred.

And don't forget the classic Slaughterhouse Five.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I have read Slaugherhouse Five, yes. :)