Recursion (2019) Blake Crouch

Recursion (2019) Blake Crouch

Check out Dark Matter,  a terrific book about multiple universes.   Recursionis another great read from Crouch that explores time travel.  Not the typical simplistic plot where the hero(ine) solves their high school angst.  Here the whole world predictably goes crazy when more and more people learn how to travel back in time and change history.  

Helena Smith accidently designs the device that allows time travel to happen, but there are complications. People remember their previous lives. Oops.  Barry Sutton gets involved as a detective investigating one of the many people who commit suicide when they begin remembering previous lives. These two team up to try and solve this mess.   Blake Crouch takes things to the natural extremes and somehow winds it up again. More Please!

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (2017) Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (2017)  

Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland

The Department of Diachronic Operations (DODO) is created to allow the time travel and changing history.  Not through some sort of time machine but through the use of witches and magic.  Things are going swimmingly until some of the characters brought forward in time start misbehaving.  Big surprise, witches being wicked.  I am a tremendous fan of Neal Stephenson but I have to admit that this book was a bit disappointing.  I assume there will be a sequel.  I hope this is one of those rare situations where the sequel comes out better.