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Time TravelVictorian Science FictionClassic Fantasy

The Big Time

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  • 1958 first published
  • 128 pages
  • ★ 2.5 (8 ratings)
  • 55 editions
  • 🎧 3 h 43 min free audiobook
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Fritz Leiber's The Big Time (1958) is a time-travel fiction and Victorian science fiction novella. It deals with Hugo Award Winner, time travel, imaginary wars and battles and soldiers.

Open Library readers give it an average of 2.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, and 16 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 55 editions across 3 languages. On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 605 times in the last 30 days.

At about 128 pages, most readers finish it in 2–3 hours. It is in the public domain, so you can read it free on Project Gutenberg or listen to the 3 h 43 min LibriVox audiobook.

About The Big Time

From back cover Ace paperback December 1982: This is war: The biggest, longest war that anyone could imagine. The soldiers are recruited at the moment of death to fight through all of time. The goal is to change the past, and insure victory in the future. The Change Winds are blowing. Welcome to the Big Time. *"Have you ever worried about your memory, because it doesn't seem to be bringing you the same picture of the past from one day to the next? Have you ever been afraid that your personality was changing because of forces beyond your knowledge or control? Have you ever felt sure that sudden death was about to jump you from nowhere? Have you ever thought that the whole universe might be a crazy mixed-up dream? If you have, you've had hints of the Change War."*
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Free audiobook

The Big Time — LibriVox recording, 3 h 43 min in 16 sections.

Public-domain recording by volunteer readers. Listen online, download MP3s or stream from the Internet Archive.

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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Fantasy fiction
  • Science fiction
  • War stories
  • Hugo Award Winner
  • American Science fiction
  • Time travel
  • Imaginary wars and battles
  • Soldiers
  • Voyages dans le temps
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Guerres et batailles imaginaires

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Quick answers

Who wrote The Big Time?

The Big Time was written by Fritz Leiber and first published in 1958.

What genre is The Big Time?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel, Victorian Science Fiction and Classic Fantasy.

How long is The Big Time?

The median edition has 128 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

Is The Big Time free to read?

Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

Is there a free audiobook of The Big Time?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 3 h 43 min.

What books are similar to The Big Time?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Time Traders, The Defiant Agents and Key Out of Time.

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