The Future of Another Timeline

A science fiction novel in which the stories of Tess, a time-traveling scholar, and Beth, a teenager in the 1990s, intersect. It follows a struggle between people editing the past to protect women's rights and forces trying to lock history into another shape.

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A story that asks who has the right to change the future when history itself is not fixed.

Published by Tor Books in 2019, the novel follows Tess as she travels to crucial historical moments in an effort to make a better future for women. In 1992, Beth is drawn into a dangerous solidarity among girls after an act of violence and a hidden body. As the two stories converge, the book asks about time travel, bodily freedom, and the responsibility of changing history.

Review Summaries

The novel is valued for joining multiple timelines and political anger while still working as an accessible adventure. Its ability to bring a complex structure together near the end is also seen as a strength.

Book Information

Publisher: TOR BOOKS
Published: 2019-09-24
Pages: 352 pages
Language: 英語
Size: 14.48 x 3.2 x 21.82 cm
ISBN-13: 9780765392107
ISBN-10: 0765392100
Price: 4698 JPY
Category: 洋書/Science Fiction & Fantasy/Science Fiction/Adventure

“ A revolution is happening in speculative fiction, and Annalee Newitz is leading the vanguard ." --Wil Wheaton From Annalee Newitz, founding editor of io9 , comes a story of time travel, murder, and the lengths we'll go to protect the ones we love. 1992 : After a confrontation at a riot grrl concert, seventeen-year-old Beth finds herself in a car with her friend's abusive boyfriend dead in the backseat, agreeing to help her friends hide the body. This murder sets Beth and her friends on a path of escalating violence and vengeance as they realize many other young women in the world need protecting too. 2022 : Determined to use time travel to create a safer future, Tess has dedicated her life to visiting key moments in history and fighting for change. But rewriting the timeline isn’t as simple as editing one person or event. And just when Tess believes she's found a way to make an edit that actually sticks, she encounters a group of dangerous travelers bent on stopping her at any cost. Tess and Beth’s lives intertwine as war breaks out across the timeline--a war that threatens to destroy time travel and leave only a small group of elites with the power to shape the past, present, and future. Against the vast and intricate forces of history and humanity, is it possible for a single person’s actions to echo throughout the timeline? Praise for The Future of Another Timeline : " An intelligent, gut-wrenching glimpse of how tiny actions, both courageous and venal, can have large consequences. Smart and profound on every level .” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) " You close the book reeling with questions about your own life and your part in changing the future ." — Amy Acker, actress ( Angel and Person of Interest )

Reviews

Fascinating Time Travel Story

I picked this book up since I had enjoyed the worldbuilding of Autonomous, as well as a short story from Hieroglyph from this author. I also am a big fan of time travel stories. I very much enjoyed this book. The story treats the span of time like a wikipedia entry, where people could go back and make edits here and there, affecting the future. There are groups each trying to change the arc of history in one way or another, and it’s fascinating to see how they do it. It does mainly revolve around women’s rights over the years, and jumps to a few different time periods in history. It’s very much in the theme of The Handmaid’s Tale, with time travel. The method of time travel was also very unique and quite interesting. I definitely read through this book quickly, since it was so interesting. There are also some notes at the end of the book, discussing how characters were modeled from historical figures.
Fun and thought-provoking

Great story, very interesting premise!
Han sido muy rápidos.

Muy bien. Lo he recibido en poco tiempo.
Excellent book.

I really enjoyed reading this book, it was an easy read and the story was interesting. Rated 5 stars because I couldn't put it down. I was going to give it 4 stars because I wanted to know more about the characters stories but that didn't seem fair.
Goed boek

Prima leesbaar boek, goed uitgewerkt. Schatplichtig aan Margaret Atwoods De Dienstmaagd.