The Fullness of Time

Mercy investigates the strange Granville family. What she learns makes her question the nature of time. The premiss is interesting, but underdeveloped. The whole book read like an outline. Action spilled forth without clear direction or impetus. The characters were nicely outlined, but lacked any fl......more

An interesting novella with time travel (of a sort) as the center piece. It was fairly short, well narrated/written, & interesting. There were only about a dozen characters, so we got to know most fairly well without getting boring. It's a bit of a thriller, too. I don't think she explored the ramifi......more

A strange little story about a family, whose members are able to access their future self and bring back information. Everyone seems to have a different time jump and duration and some of them are driven crazy through the process. Their time jumps appear as a form of narcolepsy. A documentary film m......more

Back in the 1980s I read pretty much everything by Wilhelm I could get my hands on. Her SF and mysteries were staples. This one of the last stories she wrote, probably around age 82 or 83, and it’s far from her usual quality. The “mental time travel” aspect feels sketchily developed, and I can’t help......more

2nd reading. I didn’t even remember that I had already read it. Which leads me to the best adjective to describe this book: forgettable. This story just didn’t do much for me. Sort of Interesting at times.......more