The Young Oxford Book of Timewarp Stories

by Dennis Pepper

Book Overview

What would happen if you could take a holiday in the past? Meet a man from the future? Write letters to a ghost? Or even stop time altogether? Find out in The Young Oxford Book of Timewarp Stories, a mesmerizing collection of stories that takes readers on some of the most fantastically strange journeys in time. From Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" to Arthur C. Clarke's "All the Time in the World" to Penelope Lively's "The Picnic," this book includes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192781677
• ISBN13: 9780192781673
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

For all Ages. . . lots of fun

I picked this one up for two reasons. One, I thought my son might enjoy it, and two, it had Jack Finney's Love Letters in it. Love Letters isn't available anywhere else that I know of and can only be found in this specific book. I hadn't read this story and have wanted to, as I've enjoyed all of Jack Finney's novels and short stories. This book is an excellent anthology of short stories that involve time travel. Admittedly, I was a teeny bit disappointed with Love Letters, but I was more than impressed with most of the other stories. As I was wallpapering my living room today, every time I'd take a break, I'd read a short story. Most are less than 15 pages long, so they were perfect for a diet coke or coffee break! The Picnic was interesting-- reminded me of Shirley Jackson's The Lottery a bit. Room 409 was an eerie ghost story-- the kind you might have heard around the campfire growing up. The Silver Box was more unusual than I expected and Time Shift was truly disturbing. Stories by Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke are among the better-known authors here, but there are a wide variety of authors, styles, and stories. This was a lot of fun.

Really, really GOOD!

An excellent anthology of time travel stories. All of the stories are classics. This mix of authors and stories seems to be perfectly chosen because they are still contemporary and speak to today's more selective readers. A reader of any age will enjoy this compilation. Younger readers will find this broad range of stories especially tasty. The best one in my opinion is the "Love Letter" by Jack Finney. This story captured my imagination when I was in grade school and its sense of adventure, magic and romance never left me. That was something I have been able to pass along to my child because of this very nice anthology.