• The Accidental Time Machine

  • By: Joe Haldeman
  • Narrated by: Kevin Free
  • Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (1,064 ratings)

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The Accidental Time Machine

By: Joe Haldeman
Narrated by: Kevin Free
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Publisher's summary

Joe Haldeman is the esteemed Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of The Forever War. Things are going nowhere for lowly MIT research assistant Matt Fuller - especially not after his girlfriend drops him for another man. But then while working late one night, he inadvertently stumbles upon what may be the greatest scientific breakthrough ever. His luck, however, runs out when he finds himself wanted for murder - in the future.
©2007 Joe Haldeman (P)2008 Recorded Books

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Great story telling, fascinating take on a time machine!

I wish it was a longer story. I kind of wanted more or maybe a movie!

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Enjoyable adventure

The main character was interesting and grew through his travels. I loved the descriptions on different times.

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Good time travle Sci Fi. A good fun story!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Some Time books can be sort of crushing, all "paradox" this and "I went back to change it all" that.. This story is nice and simple and easy to enjoy. and that's what i did, enjoy it.
It had all the good parts about practical time travel coupled with a nice story.
recommended.

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Well Written and Well Read

Don't let the cover picture and title keep you away. A great science fiction selection, hard science with a human side, humorous and compassionate as well.

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Not Haldeman's Best

Rather disappointed in this one. I've read almost every novel and many shorter works by Haldeman, but this fell short of the consistent quality of prior work. It felt like a half-hearted effort, and I expected more from the guy who innovated so much in time travel stories with The Forever War. Plus, I felt somewhat offended by his gratuitous insult against Christianity. For example, why would Martha, an observant Christian living in a totalitarian theocracy, have access to a copy of the Koran? On the upside, I think the narration was excellent and perfectly cast.

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I was transported myself!!

If you could sum up The Accidental Time Machine in three words, what would they be?

Intriguing! Fantastical! Addictive!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Well, I loved the main character, of course, but which version?! I also loved his artist love interest, the "main" one he first re-met.

Which scene was your favorite?

I loved his former girlfriend's art show. How cool!!!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Absolutely!! I was hooked! Addicted! I couldn't wait to get back to it!

Any additional comments?

This book really did a number on my head, in a good way. I was listening while on a long trip in early November with multiple stops to towns in northern Ohio I'd never been to. As I pulled into the first town I arrived in after I first started listening to this, it was all decorated for Christmas, people were all bundled up, and there was a horse-drawn carriage! I seriously thought for a few seconds (not just split-second!) that I'd entered a parallel universe!!! It ended up being a very early Christmas festival, but was so random and so funny my brain first thought I was in an alternative universe. I really, really LOVED this book! I want more!!!

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lost me for a bit in the middle

Good story but somewhere in the middle it got less intriguing and rather boring. I pushed through because I couldn't leave halfway through.

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Time travel curiosity

This book seems more like a short story. Not enough flesh on the later chapters for me. I did enjoy the story but wanted more side plot or character development. The main actor never looks inside his device with the curiosity of a physicist. The ending is about as speedy as the Bible is between the fall from Eden to the murder of Abel (a few sentences). Just saying that a few more details would be revealing and interesting. It seems like the publicist read the first few developmental chapters, paid an advance, and had little patience to wait for the finished product.

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Awesome

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I have listened to this book several times since I purchased it! The book is great in any form.

What brought me back again, was the Narrator.

Hope you enjoy for yourself 😏

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Fantastic!

I absolutely loved this story, it was equal parts suspenseful as well as funny, scientifically based and believable characters, it was so refreshing! I loved the reading voice as well, never wanted to put this book down!

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