A Time to Remember (novel)

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A Time to Remember
ATimeToRememberNovelFirstEditionCover.jpg
First edition cover
Author Stanley Shapiro
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
Alternate history
Publisher Random House
Publication date
August 12, 1986
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages191
ISBN 9780394550312

A Time to Remember is the last novel by Stanley Shapiro, a time travel thriller about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, published on August 12, 1986, by Random House. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Contents

Years later, the similarities and differences would be discussed in regards to Stephen King's novel 11/22/63 and its TV adaptation , as very different approaches to the same idea. [9]

Plot

Still mourning his brother who died in Vietnam, David travels back in time to 1963 to try to prevent the assassination of President Kennedy, to save the president and his brother and all other lives lost in the war. When he gets to 1963, he is unable to stop Lee Harvey Oswald from shooting JFK and is instead arrested himself for the killing.

Reception

A Time to Remember was reviewed by Kirkus Reviews , [10] [11] Library Journal , [12] and Mystery File. [13]

Television film adaptation

It was adapted into a 1990 television film called Running Against Time starring Robert Hays, Catherine Hicks, and Sam Wanamaker and directed by Bruce Seth Green. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

Shapiro wrote the teleplay himself (with Robert Glass as co-writer) and it was the last work written by him. Broadcast four months after Shapiro's death in Los Angeles, it was dedicated to his memory. [21] [22] [23] [24]

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References

  1. ↑ Shapiro, Stanley (1986). A Time To Remember. New York: Random House. ISBN   9780394550312.
  2. ↑ A Checklist of Vietnam War Literature. Ultramarine Publishing. 1994. ISBN   978-0-89366-286-8.
  3. ↑ Shapiro, Stanley (1988). A time to remember. Internet Archive. New York : New American Library. ISBN   978-0-451-15484-2.
  4. ↑ Latham, Caroline; Sakol, Jeannie (1989). The Kennedy Encyclopedia: An A-to-Z Illustrated Guide to America's Royal Family. NAL Books. ISBN   978-0-453-00684-2.
  5. ↑ Nahin, Paul J. (2001-04-20). Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   978-0-387-98571-8.
  6. ↑ Reginald, R.; Burgess, Mary Wickizer; Mallett, Daryl Furumi (1992). Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991: A Bibliography of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Fiction Books and Nonfiction Monographs. Gale Research. ISBN   978-0-8103-1825-0.
  7. ↑ Publishing, R. R. Bowker (1993-09-01). Books in Print 1993-94. R. R. Bowker. ISBN   978-0-8352-3363-7.
  8. ↑ "A Time to Remember by Stanley Shapiro". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  9. ↑ "11.22.63 Bonus Episode 3: A Time To Remember Running Against Time – 11.22.63". barrenspace.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  10. ↑ Jim Kobak's Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Service. 1986.
  11. ↑ Kirkus Children's and Young-adult Edition. Kirkus Service. 1986.
  12. ↑ Library Journal. Cahners Publishing Company. 1986-07-01.
  13. ↑ "» Reviewed by Marv Lachman: STANLEY SHAPIRO – A Time to Remember" . Retrieved 2021-01-29.
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  16. ↑ The Assassination of John F. Kennedy: An Annotated Film, TV, and Videography, 1963-1992. Greenwood Press. 1993. ISBN   978-0-313-28982-8.
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  20. ↑ Davies, Clive (2015-03-06). Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won't Write About. SCB Distributors. ISBN   978-1-909394-06-3.
  21. ↑ Ap (1990-07-24). "Stanley Shapiro, 65; 'Pillow Talk' Script Won Him an Oscar (Published 1990)". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-01-29.
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