From Time to Time. Jack Finney.

From Time to Time: A Novel.
Jack Finney.
New York: Simon and Schuster. 1995.

Jack Finney's Time and Again became almost a cult novel. It dealt with going back in time in American life. His method for time travel is intriguing. From Time to Time is a sequel to Time and Again. I took its description from the publisher:

"When Time and Again was published in 1970, it immediately developed a loyal following. The San Francisco Examiner called it 'mind-boggling, imagination-stretching, exciting, romantic entertainment.' The Washington Post Book World said it was 'one of the most original, readable, and engaging novels to have come along in a long time.' "

"Now, twenty-five years later, Jack Finney returns to the same magical territory and finds Ruben Prien still at work with the project, still dreaming of altering man's fate by going back in time to adjust events...to interfere, some might say, with destiny. Once again, his conduit to that bygone era, his messenger to that lost world, is Simon Morely, the man who actually proved himself capable of traveling back and forth in time.

"In From Time to Time, Rube's purpose in summoning Simon back from that earlier world, where he has taken up permanent residence, is no less grand than an attempt to prevent World War I from erupting. He must try to reach the man assigned to carry to America the papers that might help avert the Great Catastrophe. He is traveling aboard the Titanic. It is Simon's task to attempt to ensure his safe passage."

RayS: While time travel is fantasy, the issue raised by both these books could become a serious problem if sometime in the future time travel became possible. If we could travel back in time, what would happen if we tried to alter what actually happened in history? Think about it. What would the world be like, for example, if we could prevent the assassinations of Lincoln and JFK?