Book Review Blurb: The Time Travel Chronicles

I love time travel books – generally speaking though, I am not a fan of short stories (as those of you who’ve read my reviews before know)… Still, I have a very hard time resisting new time travel in any form, particularly when the book in question includes an author I love (Robert J. Sawyer). I was familiar with a few of the other authors too, so thought I’d give it a try. I’m glad I did, although I’m still not in love with the short story as a vehicle for storytelling… And ironically, the Sawyer story was one of my least favorites – it was darker than I like, in the tone of his latest longer works, as opposed to the more strictly sci-fi flavor of his earlier stories. Beyond his story, which was truly original and offered a spin I haven’t seen before on the “use” for time travel (and that’s saying something, I read nearly everything I can find on the topic!), there were some other novel takes on the time travel trope in this collection that I really enjoyed – particularly the opening story (Extant), Beasts of the Earth, Eighty-Three, and Red Mustang. Overall it’s a strong collection and introduced me to a few new authors I’m going to be checking out in their longer forms…