The Accidental Time Machine
Published in 2007, The Accidental Time Machine is a time-travel fiction novel by Joe Haldeman. Readers will find themes of time travel.
Open Library readers give it an average of 2.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, and 18 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 3 editions.
It runs to roughly 278 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.
About The Accidental Time Machine
Grad-school dropout Matt Fuller is toiling as a lowly research assistant at MIT when, while measuring quantum relationships between gravity and light, his calibrator disappears and reappears one second later. In fact, every time Matt hits the reset button, the machine goes missing twelve times longer.
Awards & lists
- ✦Nebula Awards 2008 — Best Novel (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2008 — Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee)
Quick answers
Who wrote The Accidental Time Machine?
The Accidental Time Machine was written by Joe Haldeman and first published in 2007.
What genre is The Accidental Time Machine?
It is usually shelved as Time Travel.
How long is The Accidental Time Machine?
The median edition has 278 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Accidental Time Machine?
Readers who like it often enjoy Station Eleven, Timeline and This is How You Lose the Time War.
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