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Living in the Eighties by David Ira Cleary

latepaul's review

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3.0

3.5 stars

Read this from a copy of Asimov's SciFi magazine from Apr 2012. It's a 26,500 word novella and so worthy of its own entry here I think.

I admit the central idea, a man discovers a way to time-travel back to the 1980s and fix his relationship issues, is not new but also was what attracted me to it. It was not a bad read. The main character is contrasted with his friend who uses the time-travel technology to travel forward for an altogether different purpose.

If it had a flaw it's that it didn't have anything especially new to say and that the ending lacked punch because of it. Still enjoyed it though.
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