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Subject: Time After Time/Time and Again
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Date: Wed, 29-Feb-84 16:04:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 29 16:04:00 1984
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From:  Jonathan Ostrowsky 

In V9 #38, Andy Leslie reprinted a list of sf that was originally
published in Playboy and later anthologized (by Playboy Press, I
assume).  The stories included the following:

    Double Take      Jack Finney     ! see P.S.

    P.S. Double Take is the short story that begat a GREAT book! ( and a
	 POOR film) Time after Time Shmaltzy but fun.

If memory serves me correctly, the Finney book in question is "Time and
Again", a fine time-travel novel that features a wonderfully detailed
recreation of another time and place (New York City in the late 19th century).  

"Time After Time", a Nicholas Meyer film, is in no way related to the
Finney book.  The movie takes place primarily in modern-day San
Francisco;  the plot concerns Jack the Ripper's escape from Victorian
London via H.G. Wells's time machine, and Wells's pursuit of him.

I disagree with Andy on this film:  although the plot is highly
implausible, the photography and acting (Malcolm McDowell, the wonderful
Mary Steenburgen, and David Warner) are first-rate, and Meyer creates a
high level of suspense.  All in all, one of my favorite fairy tales.