Week 8 – Out of Time

Books for Adults DB 90537 A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories by Ray Bradbury Annotation: A collection of science fiction short stories by the award- winning author, originally published as The Golden Apples of the Sun. Includes "R Is for Rocket," "The Fog Horn," "A Sound of Thunder," and more.

DB 36888 Doomsday Book: Oxford Time Travel novel by Connie Willis Annotation: Kivrin, a young, twenty-first-century history student, travels back in time on assignment to fourteenth-century Oxford. But something goes wrong, and she is stranded in the Middle Ages right at the outbreak of the bubonic plague. As her modern mentor struggles to rescue her, Kivrin must come to terms with life and death in an age of superstition, fear, and suffering. Winner of the 1992 Nebula award.

DB 36535 Time Travel: A History by James Gleick Annotation: Author of Chaos (DB 27005) and The Information (DB 73808) tackles the topic of time travel. Discusses the science behind the potential of it--through the work of Einstein, Feynman, and more--and its roots in literature such as H. G. Wells's The Time Machine (DB 33367). Unrated.

DB 54764 The Eyre Affair: Thursday Next series, book 1 by Jasper Fforde Annotation: In an alternate 1985 England, literature is a mass obsession, time travel is commonplace, and literary characters can be killed. When Jane Eyre is kidnapped, literary detective Thursday Next vows to rescue her. But Thursday may find herself trapped forever inside the pages of the classic novel from which Jane has been abducted.

DB 33367 The Time Machine by H.G. Wells Annotation: In this short novel, the first of Wells's works in science fiction, the Time Traveller constructs a machine that will enable him to travel backward or forward in time. He travels far into the future and reappears dishevelled, pale, and haggard. DB 68444 Steampunk by Ann VanderMeer Annotation: Tales about an alternate Victorian era with mechanical wonders, steam- driven robots, and other anachronistic technologies. Michael Chabon's "The Martian Agent, a Planetary Romance" depicts the aftermath of Custer's failed mutiny against the Crown. Features works by James P. Blaylock and Michael Moorcock. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex.

DB 96148 This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar Annotation: An agent of the Commandant finds a letter on a dying world, beginning an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents bent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Unrated.

DB 73931 11/22/63 by Stephen King Annotation: The dying owner of Al's Diner has a shocking request for his friend, English teacher Jake Epping: go back in time through a portal in Al's storeroom and stop JFK's assassination. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller.

DB 16072 Kindred by Octavia E. Butler Annotation: An educated young black woman is drawn repeatedly back in time to the antebellum plantation of her forebears. Here amidst the cruelties of slavery she becomes the protector and teacher of the plantation owner's son, who she knows will become her own great- grandfather.

DB 84572 Medusa’s Web by Tim Powers Annotation: After their aunt's death, Scott and Madeline Madden return to the family home in the Hollywood Hills. Their reclusive and secretive cousins resent the siblings and guard secrets. The family has ties to an occult underground fixated on strange drawings that create conduits to the past.

DB 64540 Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Annotation: Billy Pilgrim, adrift in time, randomly revisits past and present manifestations: senile widower stalked by an assassin, hopeful young newlywed, giraffe on the planet Tralfamadore--where time is an illusion--and, most crucially, American POW during the firebombing of Dresden in World War II. Strong language. Books for Kids and Teens DB 52354 Dinosaurs before Dark: Magic Tree House, book 1 by Mary Pope Osborne Annotation: Eight-and-a-half-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister Annie find a magic tree house in the woods near their home. Climbing inside, they are whisked back to the prehistoric time of dinosaurs. But how will they return to their own time? For grades 2-4.

DB 49915 Honus and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure, book 1 by Dan Gutman Annotation: Shortly after Joe Stoshack discovers a valuable 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card, Honus mysteriously appears in his room. They discover that by holding the card, Joe can travel back in time to 1909 with Honus. Prequel to Jackie and Me (RC 49916). For grades 4-7.

DB 48972 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Annotation: Meg Murry, her younger brother Charles Wallace, and her neighbor Calvin are transported to the planet Camazotz as they search for Meg's lost father, a scientist studying time travel. Prequel to A Wind in the Door (RC 41596, BR 7884). Newbery Medal. For grades 5-8.

DB 92206 The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs by Joanna Cole Annotation: After teaching her class about dinosaurs, Ms. Frizzle takes them out to an archeological dig site where their learning adventure really begins!Commercial audiobook. For grades K-3.

DB 30370 The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen Annotation: Twelve-year-old Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel whisks her from a contemporary Passover Seder to a Polish village in the early 1940s. Just as she begins to adjust, Nazi soldiers come to take her and her shtetl relatives to a death camp. There she learns an unforgettable lesson--some must live, at whatever cost, in order to bear witness. For grades 5-8 and older readers.

DB 52229 The Power of Un by Nancy Etchemendy Annotation: After the worst day in middle-schooler Gib Finney's life, when his little sister Roxy is hit by a truck while he watches from a carnival ride, Gib remembers the "unner"--a device that can "undo" past events--given to him by a strange man. Only it's lost in the woods. For grades 4-7.