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A Time Traveller's Best Friend Kindle Edition

by W.R. Gingell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Meet Marx. Meet Kez. Marx is a small, angry man with a time machine and a chip on his shoulder. Kez is a homicidal little girl with a price on her head and a penchant for kicking people where it hurts the most. After a narrow escape from the owners of the stolen craft he pilots, the last thing Marx wants is another gun pointed at him. What he wants and what he gets, however, are two very different things. On the run from killers, shadowy corporations, and one very specific Someone, the last thing Kez wants when she points a gun at yet another apparent killer is a self-appointed protector. What she wants and what she needs, however, are two very different things...

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00O2XPAZQ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ ; 2nd edition (September 30, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 30, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3067 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 155 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1508727317

Best Sellers Rank: #307,597 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #909 in Time Travel Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #1,251 in Time Travel Fiction
- #2,983 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Kindle Store)

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W.R. Gingell is a Tasmanian author of urban fantasy, fairy-tale retellings, and madcap science fiction who doesn’t seem to be able to write a book without a body suddenly turning up. She solemnly swears that all such bodies are strictly fictional in nature.

W.R. spends her time reading, drinking a truly ridiculous amount of tea, and slouching in front of the fire to write. Like Peter Pan, she never really grew up, and is still occasionally to be found climbing trees.

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Emily Martha Sorensen

This is what I WANTED Doctor Who to be!

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2019

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This book is absolutely hilarious, and ever so clever. It's a collection of interconnected short stories, and I loved the first one so much that I went back and reread the whole thing before moving on to the next one.

The character development is snappy, the interactions are a riot, and the plot is clever and twisty turny.

Essentially, it's everything I love about the new Doctor Who TV show, minus all the things I don't like (too much modern day London, too many alien invasions, too many monsters of the week, not nearly enough alien planets or space adventures, and why are all the companions from modern-day London?). This book is just ALL time-travel sci-fi joy, and it's wonderful.

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Leatha Benson

Kinda Creepy

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2017

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There are things I like about this story and things I don't. For the most part it's light and fun. The story move along and its got plenty of wibbly wobbly timely wimey stuff. I don't like that it's too short, and, here's the creepy bit, the Captain is totally sexually harassing the a Ensign. The smiling, the standing too close, the sexual innuendo, I could picture Harvey Weinstein with every women he's ever met.

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Who's the Best Friend?

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2017

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Is Kez the best friend? Is it Marx? Maybe Mikkel, or Arabella. I can't tell and the book is only 151 pages so it seems like parts are missing. Also, why does Kez have a Cockney accent?
It was entertaining, what there was of it. At no time was I worried about the welfare of the principal characters because - no suspense.
Maybe next time will be better.

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Kristin C.

Exotic Thrilling Ride Through Time and Space, I wish there were more in this series!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2018

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What a find! I think this is one if the most under valued books I've read. Yes the pacing is frenetic but that only serves to really draw you Into the adventure. The characters are so compelling and make you wish you could be an outlaw. I bought this book several years ago and didn't get around to reading it until now. Actually I listened to it through the kindle fext to speech feature and it was the first book ever that seemed to gain a dimension and take advantage of the computer generated speech. I bought the next one immediately.

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Restfinder

a wee bit confusing

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2020

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The characters in this story were wonderful. A "leave me alone" hero, a snarky little girl, a captain who isn't sure who he is pulling for, and a spy with a tender heart.

The story begins with the hero meeting the snarky little girl and they save each others lives. Snarky girls has this very rare ability to move through time and space at will and at the beginning of the book she isn't very good at it, but grows in her ability as your move through the book. As you read you realize that this meeting probably happened after other events happened and figuring out a timeline was, well, impossible for me! Even though I was confused quite a bit of the time I quite enjoyed the story. And it was clean.

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amichalares

Awesome book! Be warned

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2017

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Awesome book! Be warned: as soon as you finish this book you will want to start the next one!
I loved the two main characters though they are not what would normally be called friendly. However, their grudging devotion to each other makes it hard to not to cheer them along on their adventures.
The story is well written and you can tell the author has a prodigious ;) vocabulary! She sprinkled in a few new words for me to learn that fit the situation perfectly without feeling verbose.
I love a good time traveler story and book that makes me laugh and this one did both.

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Diane D. (genre fiction biblioholic)

3.5 stars, maybe. Entertaining, but deliberately disjointed: that's the nature of time travel.

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2016

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3.5 stars, maybe. Entertaining, but deliberately disjointed: that's the nature of time travel. I feel like I just got a look at a few near-random pages from their album or dossier. I wonder whether later installments will clarify all the events/encounters that came before/after these scenes (chronoogy depending on whose perspective you consider).

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Read the Between series first

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2021

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I totally agree with the reviewer who wouldn't have liked this without the previous exposure to the Between books. Avoiding exposition (there is basically zero background served up) forces a reader to take on trust that you'll "get" what's going on eventually. I think this allusive style goes too far here -- it really tests that patience. i would not have lasted if I hadn't read the Betweens and learned to enjoy the writing style and slooowwww build, but by the end of this story I was loving Kez and co., ready for more. This is basically another spunky magical orphan meets curmudgeonly guardian story. The setting of constant space-time jumps weaving through space ships and Big Brother bureaucracy is totally unappealing to me, so it needs Kez, the unsentimental kid wonder who deals in swift kicks to the shins, to keep my attention.

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MrSomeone

nice read

Reviewed in Germany on July 14, 2023

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If you like chaotic and unforeseeable plots you should go for it. A fresh wind in the otherwise rather stiff world of time travel books. Pity the story was rather short.
I am left with an inner smile on the face.

Avid Reader

Good story, well-written and lots of fun

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2017

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I really enjoyed this story. The writer has a relaxed, comfortable style that draws the reader in and leaves them wanting more. Likeable characters in a fun story -I highly recommend this book and would so love to bring Kez home with me, to give her a bath, a decent meal & a nice warm jumper...

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Peter Eerden

So fast paced it left me utterly confused.

Reviewed in Australia on April 1, 2019

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I wanted o enjoy this read but it has just left me confused. Not sure if the dialogue was so convoluted as to make sense of the plot a problem or if this was a deliberate. In the end I did not get the point of all the aggressive, temperamental actions of the child character and her travelling companion. Sorry folks but got lost and then lost interest though I did get to the end.

Amazon Customer

Very enjoyable once you figure out what's going on, sort of.

Reviewed in Canada on August 26, 2016

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I struggled at the beginning of this book to keep things straight but quickly found myself liking the characters and laughing at the humour. It could use a little more copy editing, which I know will be difficult for the author given the unique flavour of the dialogue.
I really enjoyed reading this and look forward to more.

Tony Green

A tongue in cheek romp through time and space

Reviewed in the Netherlands on August 11, 2016

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I really liked this first part of the series. It's very difficult not to like Marx (a small, angry man) and Kez (a rather vicious urchin who just happens to be able to be able to move instantly through time and space). Add to this that they have serious criminal tendencies and are constantly trying to stay one step ahead of the various people and organisations who are trying to either catch them or kill them and you have a recipe for a good story. It is very well written and flows nicely, even though some parts are a little confusing due to the non-linear factor which is difficult to avoid in a time travel story. I would have liked to have given this book four and a half stars but have to settle for giving it four. I am looking forward to reading more of this authors work.

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