Customer Reviews
Time-Travel SUPREME! - By: Mr. John Frank Herbert, 02 Jun 2006 
As a 'time-travel' freak I came across the film first & found it utterly compelling. I just had to read the book, to fillin the gaps and, of course, to gorge myself on every moment of this unforgettable tale.
The book, needlessly I believe, has our hero dying from a disease right from the start; who needs it when dying from a broken heart says all that needs to be said?
Nevertheless it's a great read, & a permanent fixturein my book cabinet.
Check out Jack Finney's 'Time And Again' for the perfect time-travel novel.
And love most sweet - By: C. Watts, 12 Mar 2006 
Somewherein time is a beautifully crafted tale of love that transcends time itself.
The year is 1971 Richard Collier has only months to live & comes across a hotel where he instantly feels at home. There he sees & falls for an actressin an old photograph from 1896. In finding out more about her Collier becomes obsessed by the idea that they were lovers roughly seventy five years ago when she performed at the hotel.
Matheson has done an outstanding jobin creating a moving novel that will grip you & occupy your thoughts for a while afterwards.
A must buy.
ROMANTIC AND POIGNANT...THE LONGING IS PALPABLE... - By: Lawyeraau, 09 Mar 2003 A terminally ill man fallsin love with a famous turn of the century actress. The only trouble is that they are separated by a span of about seventy five years. What is a man to do? Why, travel backin time, of course.
That is just what Richard Collier doesin order to be with the beautiful Elise McKenna, the woman of his dreams. Or does he? Does he really travel backin time, or is it merely the delusion of a desperately ill man who seeks to find meaning for his existence? Does his tenuous hold on lifein the present mirror his equally tenuous hold on life at the turn of the century? Is his death ultimately the only way for these unrequited lovers to be united, at last?
This is a beautifully poignant love storyin which the longing the protagonists have for each other is palpable. A bittersweet sadness permeates the pages of this book, as Robert & Elise pass through life, each a shadow on the consciousness of the other. One only hopes that they findin the hereafter, what they were deniedin this life.
This wonderfully imaginative & inventive book draws the reader into its fantastical web. A veritable page turner, it is a classic story of a love which will not be denied. Read the book, & then see the movie with Christopher Reeve & Jane Seymour. You will not be disappointed.
ROMANTIC AND POIGNANT...THE LONGING IS PALPABLE... - By: Lawyeraau, 01 Dec 2002 A terminally ill man fallsin love with a famous turn of the century actress. The only trouble is that they are separated by a span of about seventy five years. What is a man to do? Why travel backin time, of course.
That is just what Richard Collier doesin order to be with the beautiful Elise McKenna, the woman of his dreams. Or does he? Does he really travel backin time, or is it merely the delusion of a desperately ill man who seeks to find meaning for his existence? Does his tenuous hold on lifein the present mirror his equally tenuous hold on life at the turn of the century? Is his death ultimately the only way for these unrequited lovers to be united, at last?
This is a beautifully poignant love storyin which the longing the protaganists have for each other is palpable. A bittersweet sadness permeates the pages of this book, as Robert & Elise pass through life, each a shadow on the consciousness of the other. One only hopes that they findin the hereafter, what they were deniedin this life.
This wonderfully imaginative & inventive book draws the reader into its fantastical web. A veritable page turner, it is a classic story of a love which will not be denied. Read the book, & then see the movie with Christopher Reeve & Jane Seymour. You will not be disappointed.
Disappointing, lacks the immediacy & coherence of the film - By: , 07 Aug 1999 
Somewherein Time, the film based on the book, captivated us the very first time we saw it, & retains it's magic still. The book, sadly, is disappointing, & does not live up to the expectations raised by the film. Richard Collier simply does'nt ring true, a six foot two inch Newman look-alike who has never had a real love affair, & who is singularly unable to express himself despite having a degreein journalism. Dying of a frontal lobe tumour which he seems to leave behindin the present, while taking mere appendages such as as a suit, shirt, tie, etc., with him into the past. The romance between Richard & Elise strains credulity, and, frankly, the ending of the film is a lot more believable than that of the book. Overall, it reads a bit like a first draft, & would benefit from a re-write.
