The Accidental Time Machine
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The Accidental Time Machine

by Joe Haldeman

2007•Science fiction•278 pages

Taste attributes: science fictioncomedyadventurefastfresh & originallightimaginarybig & variedemotionally undemandingfish out of water/culture clashall consuming questfool triumphant

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, wide-ranging science-fiction novel, light rather than heavy. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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2.8 / 5

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About This Book

Grad-school dropout Matt Fuller is toiling as a lowly research assistant at MIT when, while measuring quantum relationships between gravity and light, his calibrator disappears and reappears one second later. In fact, every time Matt hits the reset button, the machine goes missing twelve times longer.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

Science fictionComedyAdventureFish out of water/culture clashAll consuming questFool triumphant

Subjects

Science fictionTime travel

Details

Author
Joe Haldeman
Published
2007
Pages
278
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