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A Time to Remember (novel)

This article is about the novel by Stanley Shapiro. For the television film based on the book, see Running Against Time. For unrelated film, see A Time to Remember (film). For The Dubliners album, see A Time to Remember.

A Time to Remember is the last novel by Stanley Shapiro, a time travel thriller about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, published on August 12, 1986, by Random House.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

A Time to Remember
First edition cover
AuthorStanley Shapiro
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
Alternate history
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
August 12, 1986
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages191
ISBN9780394550312

Years later, the similarities and differences would be discussed in regards to Stephen King's novel 11/22/63 and its TV adaptation, as very different approaches to the same idea.[9]

Plot

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Still mourning his brother who died in Vietnam, David travels back in time to 1963 to try to prevent the assassination of President Kennedy, to save the president and his brother and all other lives lost in the war. When he gets to 1963, he is unable to stop Lee Harvey Oswald from shooting JFK and is instead arrested himself for the killing.

Reception

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A Time to Remember was reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,[10][11] Library Journal,[12] and Mystery File.[13]

Television film adaptation

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Main article: Running Against Time

It was adapted into a 1990 television film called Running Against Time starring Robert Hays, Catherine Hicks, and Sam Wanamaker and directed by Bruce Seth Green.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

Shapiro wrote the teleplay himself (with Robert Glass as co-writer) and it was the last work written by him. Broadcast four months after Shapiro's death in Los Angeles, it was dedicated to his memory.[21][22][23][24]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Shapiro, Stanley (1986). A Time To Remember. New York: Random House. ISBN 9780394550312.
  2. ^ A Checklist of Vietnam War Literature. Ultramarine Publishing. 1994. ISBN 978-0-89366-286-8.
  3. ^ Shapiro, Stanley (1988). A time to remember. Internet Archive. New York : New American Library. ISBN 978-0-451-15484-2.
  4. ^ Latham, Caroline; Sakol, Jeannie (1989). The Kennedy Encyclopedia: An A-to-Z Illustrated Guide to America's Royal Family. NAL Books. ISBN 978-0-453-00684-2.
  5. ^ Nahin, Paul J. (2001-04-20). Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-0-387-98571-8.
  6. ^ Reginald, R.; Burgess, Mary Wickizer; Mallett, Daryl Furumi (1992). Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991: A Bibliography of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Fiction Books and Nonfiction Monographs. Gale Research. ISBN 978-0-8103-1825-0.
  7. ^ Publishing, R. R. Bowker (1993-09-01). Books in Print 1993-94. R. R. Bowker. ISBN 978-0-8352-3363-7.
  8. ^ "A Time to Remember by Stanley Shapiro". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  9. ^ "11.22.63 Bonus Episode 3: A Time To Remember Running Against Time – 11.22.63". barrenspace.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  10. ^ Jim Kobak's Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Service. 1986.
  11. ^ Kirkus Children's and Young-adult Edition. Kirkus Service. 1986.
  12. ^ Library Journal. Cahners Publishing Company. 1986-07-01.
  13. ^ "» Reviewed by Marv Lachman: STANLEY SHAPIRO – A Time to Remember". Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  14. ^ "TV Review : 'Against Time' on USA". Los Angeles Times. 1990-11-21. Archived from the original on 2021-01-29. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  15. ^ "Running Against Time". EW.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  16. ^ The Assassination of John F. Kennedy: An Annotated Film, TV, and Videography, 1963-1992. Greenwood Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-313-28982-8.
  17. ^ The Hollywood Reporter. Wilkerson Daily Corporation. 1990.
  18. ^ Marill, Alvin H. (2005). Movies Made for Television, 1964-2004: 1990-1999. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5174-0.
  19. ^ Moser, James D.; Stevens, Tracy; Publishing, Quigley; Pay, William; Thompson, Patricia (2004). Television & Video Almanac. Quigley Publishing Company.
  20. ^ Davies, Clive (2015-03-06). Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won't Write About. SCB Distributors. ISBN 978-1-909394-06-3.
  21. ^ Ap (1990-07-24). "Stanley Shapiro, 65; 'Pillow Talk' Script Won Him an Oscar (Published 1990)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  22. ^ "Oscar-Winner Stanley Shapiro | The Seattle Times". archive.seattletimes.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  23. ^ Times, Los Angeles. "S. SHAPIRO, PRODUCER, FILM WRITER". Sun-Sentinel.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  24. ^ "Stanley Shapiro, 65; Producer, Oscar-Winning Screenwriter". Los Angeles Times. 1990-07-22. Archived from the original on 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
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