Review
"David Wittenberg['s] remarkable hypothesis [about the origin of SF time travel] is only one of the conceptual breakthroughs in this stimulating contribution to literary theory." -Fredric Jameson, The London Review of Books "In this provocative book, Wittenberg moves deftly among the fields of narratology, evolutionary science, psychoanalysis, and physics (in particular quantum theory and relativity theory) as he mounts the argument that 'time travel fiction . . . [may] be regarded as a philosophical literature par excellence.'" -KronoScope "This is an important book, a major study of the time-travel genre which synthesises a dazzling range of references from the history of sf, cultural studies, film theory, narratology and the philosophy, physics and psychology of time." -Science Fiction Film and Television "A fruitful cross-pollination of theory and popular fiction, this is at once a careful genre study and a wide-ranging disquisition on narratology." -Rob Latham, University of California, Riverside "An ambitious, synthetic book. Wittenberg's brilliance lies in the comprehensive clarity with which he maps different discursive territories, and grasps how he can use time travel fiction to invent and practice, simultaneously, 'a popular philosophy of narrative.'"-Paul A. Harris, Loyola Marymount University "This is one of the rare academic books that are worth reading all the way through." -Pro Rege "David Wittenberg's remarkable book seeks to account for our enduring fascination with the paradoxes of time-travel stories." -Science Fiction Studies "Time Travel is extremely well research and has a lively style, which is a pleasure to read. Academically, this book is a vital source for anyone researching or studying time-travel literature; for those with a general interest in the theme will enjoy learning about how time travel literature has evolved and how, most importantly, it has engaged us as readers." -Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction
Review
“An ambitious, synthetic book. Wittenberg’s brilliance lies in the comprehensive clarity with which he maps different discursive territories, and grasps how he can use time travel fiction to invent and practice, simultaneously, ‘a popular philosophy of narrative.’"---―Paul A. Harris, Loyola Marymount University
...[a] stimulating contribution to literary theory. ― ―London Review of Books
“A fruitful cross-pollination of theory and popular fiction, this is at once a careful genre study and a wide-ranging disquisition on narratology.”---―Rob Latham, University of California, Riverside
Time Travel is extremely well research and has a lively style, which is a pleasure to read. Academically, this book is a vital source for anyone researching or studying time-travel literature; for those with a general interest in the theme will enjoy learning about how time travel literature has evolved and how, most importantly, it has engaged us as readers. ― ―Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction
About the Author
David Wittenberg is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Philosophy, Revision, Critique: Rereading Practices in Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Emerson.
