![]() Haldeman has injected humor and philosophy into what turns out to be an intriguingly existential drama. ![]() As each attempt to murder him fails, Baird finds himself in a slightly altered universe-and in one of these supernatural worlds, Baird evolves into Hemingway himself. In a lively, philosophical conversation, the temporal policeman explains that if Baird continues in his plan he will be killed. This is, however, a nonhuman who can take on any form, and who has come to warn Baird not to finish the Hemingway pastiche. Returning to Key West from the Hemingway collection at the Kennedy Library, Baird suddenly finds Ernest Hemingway sitting opposite him in the train compartment. In a Key West bar, Baird is conned into writing a story in Hemingway's 1920s style, which could be passed off as one of the contents of the famous valise left on a train by Hemingway's then-wife Hadley. According to her calculations, whoever is coming will arrive in three months- on New Year's Day, to be exact. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nebula and Hugo Award-winner Haldeman ( The Forever War ) has written a tale that twists upon itself like a Moebius strip, with characters reenacting their lives in each slightly different, slightly worse universe. Devotees of SF and literary mystery will enjoy this fast-paced, well-thought-out adventure that takes a college professor and Hemingway scholar on an eerie journey to coexisting universes. ![]()
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