All Times Possible (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Gordon Eklund
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—alternate history
- Time of Work: The 1920’s to July 4, 1947
- Setting: Various parts of the United States
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Alternate history
- Subjects: United States or Americans, 1940’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Hallucinations or illusions, Totalitarianism, Tyrants or tyranny
- Locales: United States
The Plot
On July 4, 1947, in a United States with a governmental regime that appears considerably more authoritarian than the one recorded in history, a political radical named Timothy O’Mara attempts to assassinate General Norton. He fails and is summarily executed by the general. He then finds himself back in the early 1920’s, inhabiting the body of a man named Tommy Bloome, whom he once murdered in order to take over his identity.
The main narrative describes, from several points of view, how Tommy Bloome, armed with a mysterious knowledge of things to come,...
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