One of the best anthologies I have read in recent years is entitled The Time Traveler’s Almanac, edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer. Every story deals with time travel, but in very different ways, some involving situations not ordinarily thought of as time travel. Authors such as Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, and Ursula LeGuin have contributed, along with a host of other well-known science fiction and fantasy writers.
As I’ve said in earlier posts, I generally get bored after reading two or three stories in an anthology and have to turn to something else, but this book kept me turning pages from one story to the next to the next.
As a writer, I’ve been inspired and encouraged to learn that time travel, one of my favorite story elements, can be dealt with in so many different ways. I experienced humor, sorrow, fascination, and awe in those pages. If the idea of time travel interests you at all, I advise you to pick up a copy of The Time Traveler’s Almanac immediately.