The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

hardcover, 416 pages

English language

Published April 8, 2014 by Redhook.

ISBN:
978-0-316-39961-6
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OCLC Number:
877566594

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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August is a novel by Claire North, a pseudonym of British author Catherine Webb, published in April 2014. It won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and was featured in both the Richard and Judy Book Club and the BBC Radio 2 Book Club.

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I bought this book because I'm a sucker for time travel books. I'm a sucker for them, despite the fact that each and every one labors in their own explanation of the grandfather paradox. And I at least like each of them even when they later veer into plot points that clearly create paradox after paradox.

So, that explains why I bought this book, but not why you should read it, even if you don't share my weakness for time travel fiction. That's because this book is more than just an indulgence in the fantasy of "what I would do if I could travel in time".

Sure, part of it is that this particular application of time travel as a concept is a bit different, more about living, dying and starting over right where you started (but whole lives rather than a single day leaves lots of room for the …

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