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Tourmalin's Time Cheques
F. Anstey
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"And now, about cheques," said his friend, after the signature had been obtained. "How many do you think you would require? I should say that, as the deposit is rather small, you will find fifty more than sufficient? We shall debit you with fifty seconds to cover the cheque-book. And we always recommend 'bearer' cheques as, on the whole, more convenient."
Peter said he would have fifty "bearer" cheques, and was accordingly given an oblong grey-green book, which, except that it was a trifle smaller, was in nowise different, outwardly, from an ordinary cheque-book. Still, his curiosity was not completely satisfied.
"There is just one question more," he said. "When I draw this time, where will it be spent?"
"Why, naturally, on board this ship," explained the Manager. "You see that the time you will get must necessarily be the extra time to which you are entitled by virtue of you. . . Read More
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A man returning from Australia is able to bank the extra hours he gains on the journey and later by cashing "time cheques" he finds himself back on the ship to experience this time at a later date. A nice original idea, not perhaps carried out as well as could be hoped but still fun, sadly let down
One of my favorite books. I discovered it for the first time a few years ago and I have read it many times since. It is enjoyable from the first page to the last.
This is billed as one of the earliest examples of using time travel in fiction, but in reality this is nothing but a masterful description on how male rationalization process works. If flowery Victorian language doesn't scare you, you'll find it to be quite an enjoyable read.
loved this! i was laughing out loud. would have got 5 stars but the end was a bit disappointing.
This late Victorian novel about time travel is just about everything you’d hope for from an actual late Victorian novel about time travel--no steampunk gloves-and-goggles sci-fi, no pseudoscientific jabber, no deep philosophic Star Treking--just a hapless gentleman who, after impatiently depositing
This 1891 novel is among the first to incorporate time travel. Bored on a sea voyage from Australia back to England, Peter Tourmalin is approached by a stranger and offered a chance to deposit his excess time in a "time bank", which can be withdrawn later on by writing a check and presenting it to a
On a return trip from England to Australia at the behest of his fiancée, Peter Tourmalin finds himself with an excess of hours. Too timid and untrusting of himself, Peter wishes for nothing more than a means of killing time. That is until he is approached by a stranger claiming to be a manager at th