Time After Time - Couverture souple

Alexander, Karl

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0765326221 ISBN 13 : 9780765326225

Editeur : Forge Books, 2010

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In 1979 Karl Alexander burst upon the literary world with a brash, exciting novel that had a unique concept. H. G. Wells, the famous, bestselling author of such sensations as The Time Machine and War of the Worlds had actually invented a time machine. And when he showed it off to his famous friends such as Henry James, Ford Madox Ford, and other literary lights of 1893 London he never suspected that another guest, his college friend, surgeon Leslie John Stephenson, was in truth the infamous Jack the Ripper. When Scotland Yard detectives showed up at Wells s house to inquire about Stephenson, Jack took the machine and fled to the future 1979 San Francisco. When the time machine, as designed, returned to its point of origin, Wells followed the Ripper to the future. Wells felt obligated to bring him back to justice. Once in San Francisco, Wells realized that he also must save that city... and a particular lovely young woman...from a new reign of terror at the hands of the depraved, grisly Jack. The rest of the story is well known, because TIME AFTER TIME became the very successful Malcolm McDowell/Mary Steenburgen film of 1980. A bestseller in the United States, England, and elsewhere when it was first published, this irresistible thriller about famous real-life people has been unavailable for nearly thirty years. A battle of wits between the Victorian adversaries as exciting and suspenseful as it was when first published, this classic time-travel thriller will be a grand treat for a new generation of readers

Biographie de l'auteur :

Karl Alexander was an American writer. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he was the son and nephew of screenwriters - his father wrote the screenplay for Old Yeller, and his uncle wrote the screenplay for Ben-Hur - and worked on a number of films himself. In addition to Time After Time, Alexander wrote six other novels including The Long Shadow, Time-Crossed Lovers, Papa and Fidel and Jaclyn the Ripper, the sequel to Time After Time.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Forge Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0765326221
• ISBN 13: 9780765326225
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288