The Big Time by Fritz Leiber (1958)
The Big Time is a science fiction novel by Fritz Leiber that takes place in a time loop where characters are trapped and forced to relive the same events over and over again. The story follows a group of people who find themselves stuck in this loop, trying to figure out how to escape it while also dealing with various challenges and conflicts within their own group.
By Fritz Leiber · First published 1958 · Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · 16 chapters · 46,735 words
First lines
When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurlyburly's done. When the battle's lost and won. -- Macbeth
My name is Greta Forzane. Twenty-nine and a party girl would describe me. I was born in Chicago, of Scandinavian parents, but now I operate chiefly outside space and time -- not in Heaven or Hell, if there are such places, but not in the cosmos or universe you know either.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Fritz Leiber
- Date: 1958 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Adventure, Psychological Fiction
- Length: 46,735 words
- Structure: 16 chapters, 721 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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Genres
- Science Fiction — The novel is set in a universe where time travel and alternate realities are central to the plot.
- Fantasy — The narrative includes fantastical elements such as time manipulation and a setting outside conventional reality.
- Speculative Fiction — The book explores speculative ideas about time, existence, and reality.
- Adventure — The story involves characters on a mission with elements of danger and excitement.
Tags
science fiction · time travel · alternate history · war · futuristic · philosophical · dystopian · humanity · conflict · survival · paradox · dimensions
Contents
- Enter Three Hussars
- A Right-Hand Glove
- Nine for a Party
- Sos from Nowhere
- Sid Insists on Ghostgirls
- Crete Circa 1300 B. C
- Time to Think
- A Place to Stand
- A Locked Room
- Motives and Opportunities
- The Western Front, 1917
- A Big Opportunity
- The Tiger is Loose
- "now will you Talk?"
- Lord Spider
- The Possibility-Binders