Times Change

by Nora Roberts

Release: January 1990
Format: Novel
Genre: Romance
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

Jacob (J.T.) Hornblower, astrophysicist, deliberately travels back a couple of centuries to shake some sense into his brother Caleb, who had foolishly (in J.T.’s opinion) decided to stay in the past. A little more science than the first book in this duology, but still heavier on the romance angle, as J.T. finds himself strongly attracted to Sunbeam (Sunny) Stone. Both J.T. and Sunny are opinionated and bullheaded, as well as having blackbelts, so there is also more conflict in this book. The documented return trip to the future includes a brief description of physical side-effects.

— Tandy Ringoringo

And now he stood and wondered. If he dug for it, he would come upon the same box. The box that he had left with his parents only days before. The box would exist here, beneath his feet, just as it existed in his own time. As he existed.

If he dug it up now and carried it back to his ship, it would not be there for him to find on that high summer day in the twenty-third century. And if that was true, how could he be here, in this time, to dig it up at all?

DEBUT

Times Change (Silhouette, January 1990).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TRANSLATIONS

Bulgarian translation:
[ex=bare]Времената се менят | Times are changing | Vremenata semenyat[/ex] (Коломбина Прес, 2004).
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Dutch translation:
[ex=bare]Eeuwig avontuur | Eternal adventure[/ex] (Harlequin Holland, 2004).
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Estonian translation:
[ex=bare]Ajad muutuvad | Times are changing[/ex] (ERSEN, 2011).
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Finnish translation:
[ex=bare]Toinen maailma | Another world[/ex] (Harlequin, 2014).
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French translation:
[ex=bare]L'homme du futur | The man of the future[/ex] (Harlequin, November 2015).
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German translation:
[ex=bare]Jenseits der Sehnsucht | Beyond longing[/ex] (Weltbild, 2006).
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Hungarian translation:
[ex=bare]. . . Hol nem volt | . . . Once upon a time there wasn’t[/ex] (Harlequin Magyarország, 2009).
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Italian translation:
[ex=bare]C'era una volta . . . il passato | Once upon a time . . . the past[/ex] (Harlequin Mondadori, 1991).
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Polish translation:
[ex=bare]Spirala czasu | Time spiral[/ex] (Arlekin Wydawn, Harlequin, 2011).
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Portuguese translation:
[ex=bare]Viagem ao Coração | Journey to the heart[/ex] (Harlequin, 2011).
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Portuguese translation:
[ex=bare]Novos Tempos | New times[/ex] (Harlequin, circa July 2012).
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Russian translation:
[ex=bare]Время не властно | Time surrenders | Vremya ne vlastno[/ex] (Центрполиграф, 2010).
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Spanish translation:
[ex=bare]Nuevos tiempos | New times[/ex] (Harlequin, 2002).
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Swedish translation:
[ex=bare]En annan värld | Another world[/ex] (Förlaget Harlequin AB , 2007).
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14 translations

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 1970 to 1999: About 1990.
Circa AD 2200 to 2299: 2255.

Time Travel Methods

High Speed, Angular Momentum, Gravity, Cosmic Strings, etc. Cause Time Warp: Too close to a black hole.

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From 2255 ⋙ to circa 1990. Note: J.T.
From circa 1990 ⋙ to 2255. Note: J.T. and friend!

INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)

Hungarian title—<samp><samp>. . .</samp></samp> Hol nem volt is the second half of the phrase Egyszer volt, hol nem volt<samp> <samp>. . .</samp></samp>, which is literally something like “There once was, there once wasn’t<samp> <samp>. . .</samp></samp>” (used idiomatically like “Once upon a time<samp><samp> <samp>. . .</samp></samp></samp> ”). Or if you prefer, there is the <a href='https%3A%2F%2Flinguaphiles.livejournal.com%2F1927927.html'>commonly used longer version</a>: Egyszer volt, hol nem volt, az üveghegyen is túl, ahol a kurtafarkú malac túr, volt egyszer egy<samp> <samp>. . .</samp></samp> (“Once upon a time, beyond the glass mountain, where the short-tailed pig digs [for food], there was a<samp> <samp>. . .</samp></samp>”). See also the Hungarian Part 1 of Roberts’ duology, <a href='2117'>Egyszer volt<samp> <samp>. . .</samp></samp></a>.