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The Loose Ends Saga

by Paul Levinson

The Loose Ends Saga - Paul Levinson
Editions:Kindle: $ 9.99
ISBN: B01LZYBH9P
Pages: 213
Paperback: $ 14.99
ISBN: 978-1561780471
Pages: 211

Jeff Harris goes back in time to prevent the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, but gets pulled into November 1963, and has 23 years to plan his intervention with the Challenger. He discovers that his actions in the past may result in the Soviet Union continuing in the 21st century. He strives with Laura and Karina to prevent this, and also the murder of John Lennon and the September 11 attacks, but the resilience and interconnections of history make it unlikely that they'll be able to stop all of those calamities, and the personal survival of at least one of them may be incompatible with their goals. The Saga contains "Loose Ends" -- the novella nominated for Hugo, Nebula, and Sturgeon Awards -- and its sequels "Little Differences," "Late Lessons," and "Last Calls".

Published:
Editors:
Stanley Schmidt

Genres:
Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Time Travel

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Tropes: Time Travel
Word Count: 60000
Setting: New York City, Newark NJ
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Tropes: Time Travel
Word Count: 60000
Setting: New York City, Newark NJ
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Excerpt:
Reviews:Michael Burstein on Tangent wrote:

"Paul Levinson has taken the brilliant step of combining the emotional impact of tragic American events ... But Levinson does much more. He creates a love story set against the evocative portrait of New York City."


The first story in The Loose Ends Saga -- the novella "Loose Ends" -- was translated into Italian as "Niente fuori posto," and appeared in the anthology Strani universi in 1998.

About the Author

Paul Levinson, PhD, is Professor of Communication & Media Studies at Fordham University in NYC.  His science fiction novels include The Silk Code (winner of the Locus Award for Best First Science Fiction Novel of 1999), The Consciousness Plague, The Pixel Eye, Borrowed Tides,  The Plot to Save Socrates, Unburning Alexandria, and Chronica.. His award-nominated novelette, “The Chronology Protection Case,” was made into a short film and is on Amazon Prime Video. His nonfiction books, including The Soft Edge, Digital McLuhan, Realspace, Cellphone, McLuhan in an Age of Social Media, and Fake News in Real Context have been translated into 15 languages. He appears on CBS News, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, the Discovery Channel, National Geographic, the History Channel, and NPR.  His 1972 album, Twice Upon A Rhyme, was re-issued in  Japan and Korea in 2008, and in the U. K. in 2010.  His first new album since 1972, Welcome Up: Songs of Space and Time, was released on  Old Bear Records and Light in the Attic Records in 2020.