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Haldeman drew upon his own experiences at MIT to establish a setting for much of the story which did a great deal to assist the reader in becoming immersed. I enjoyed the book and especially liked the ending with how loose ends are tied.


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The Accidental Time Machine Joe Haldeman 9780441014996 Books Reviews

The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman tells the story of Matt Fuller. As a lab assistant at MIT, he accidentally discovers a time machine - thus the name of the book. The discovery takes him on a journey that spans thousands upon thousands of years, where he comes in contact with different civilizations in the future. But his one goal is to finally go home, or I should say, to his time period.

The Good If you are like me, and you like time travel stories, then you should enjoy this book very much. The approach to the time travel is simple, and the future outcomes are a fun affair. Unlike most books that focus on an eventual outcome for the human race, The Accidental Time Machine (by the way, I love that it is just one word away from being called The Time Machine), shows what happens to the human race in many different time periods in the future. It's a delightful romp into impossibility, and just the sort of thing that any time travel fan will enjoy.

The Bad The book runs at a good, fun pace at the outset. It's enjoyable to see what Matt Fuller does upon his discover of the machine. However, about forty percent of the way through the book, it does tend to drag a little bit. It doesn't start picking up again until you are nearly seventy percent of the way through. It felt like this part of the book could have easily been condensed, but I'd imagine the author was looking to not make the book too short.

The Ugly I was hard pressed to find anything about the book that was ugly. I thought maybe it was the religious/anti-religious angle the book took. But, like all great science fiction that tackles religion, the author leaves the belief or non-belief in God ambiguous being as careful as possible not to step on anyone's toes. But maybe just slightly towards those who do have a faith. Had it leaned too much in one direction, this would have been ugly. But I can easily say there was nothing about the book that made me feel this way.

Overall, I really liked The Accidental Time Machine. It's a delightful adventure in time travel and made me wonder what I would do if I accidentally discovered a time machine. Then again, I always wonder that, even without this book.
I have no one to blame but myself. The reviews of this book were not that great, but the subject matter intrigued me so I bought it anyway. The beginning was good and interesting, but overall the book was slow with way too many descriptions of Boston and MIT. I don't feel like I know the place as much as I want to throw up if I ever go there. I used to like Boston but not after reading this book.

The book would have been better if it kept up with the pace of the first few pages. As one other reviewer had stated, this books lacks action, drama and emotion. I believe the author may have wanted this book to be like the Planet of the Apes, which was also an incredibly boring book. I felt as if the author was writing for himself and not the audience. There just seemed too much of him narrating the little nuances of daily life. There was nothing keeping the story moving no impending doom, no serious love interest, no new discoveries, etc.

I love the subject matter but not this book. I would not recommend this book if you want to read an action packed yarn about time travel.
This is a fun and fast read and should appeal to those who deeply enjoy time travel stories as well as less dedicated readers. I am not a previous reader of Haldeman so perhaps my complaints are more matters of style than substance.

The time spent in the "theocracy" period early on in the book feels like it drags on for too long. This would be fine if there seemed to be some ultimate purpose to the story. However, in the end you find Haldeman is only out to entertain us. No shame in that but he seemed to be driving at a point only to veer away before the point is arrived at.

Regardless, the story seems to pick up from this point as the main characters drift from time to time, place to place. At times the imagery seemed attractive (the platinum obelisk) but again, the author fails to capitalize on his images by bringing them to a particular point of reason. He ends with "La", the entity, heading off to travel into the future. And again, an opportunity seems wasted. His image of an intelligence heading into a future in an attempt to witness the death of the universe only to approach it asymptotically and never arrive seems rife with poetic opportunity.

In any case, the book is fun, well executed but ultimately harmless.
Wow! What a thought provoking book! In general, I really enjoy time travel books. This one was a little more technical than I typically like, but it was handled in such a way that it was thoroughly enjoyable. And, I was very happy with the ending. It actually gave me chills.

Matt Fuller is a research assistant at MIT. He's been helping professor Marsh build a calibrator for a research project. One day, when Matt pushes the reset button, the calibrator disappears for a second. Upon pushing the reset button a second time, Matt discovers that it stays gone longer. Matt devises a test to record the time machine leaving and even sends along a turtle, Herman, to see how a living creature reacts to time travel. Upon Herman's return, it's evident that Herman appears to have only been gone a few minutes, while in real time, he's been gone for 3 days. At this, Matt decides to send himself into the future to further test the time machine. The only problem, it only goes into the future, and it goes 6 times farther each time the button is pushed. Which means, that Matt will first jump 40 days into the future, then 15 years, then perhaps centuries into the future. What will the world be like then? Will he ever be able to return to his own time?
Haldeman drew upon his own experiences at MIT to establish a setting for much of the story which did a great deal to assist the reader in becoming immersed. I enjoyed the book and especially liked the ending with how loose ends are tied.