Time After Time was such an entertaining read, I finished it in about two days. This tale by Karl Alexander stars H.G. Wells, who has just invented a time machine that he shows his friends. One of those friends, a surgeon, happens to be (heretofore unbeknownst to Wells) Jack the Ripper, who uses the time machine to travel to the future to escape the Scotland Yard cops who are closing in on him. Feeling it's his responsibility to bring him back to justice, Wells uses his own invention to chase the vicious killer, and he himself arrives in 1979.The book was a lot of fun, and even though the writing was sometimes a bit juvenile (dialogue attribution sentences like "he ejaculated" meaning "he said" or "he shouted" made me cringe on more than one occasion), I enjoyed the story and the characters immensely. Sure, it was fairly predictable, and sure, there were more than a few stereotypes and common places, yet the story was so compelling I ate it up from beginning to end. (Come to think of it, the same happened to me with Avatar.) Therefore, if you're looking for a nice sci-fi/thriller/romance/action story, pick up Time After Time, and start reading. A tremendously enjoyable book!
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