7/5/2023 0 Comments Bid time return mathesonWhat I really love, though, is the fact that he read the book 25 times. First, I love that the goodhearted book thief showed such care for a book he stole before giving it back to the library. There is seriously so much I love about this story. Written in 1975, “Bid Time Return” has been republished as “Somewhere in Time.” According to the synopsis posted on Amazon, “Matheson’s classic novel tells the moving, romantic story of a modern man whose love for a woman he has never met draws him back in time to a luxury hotel in San Diego in 1896, where he finds his soul mate in the form of a celebrated actress of the previous century.” The novel is the inspiration behind a 1979 movie of the same name, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. “This is not my book, it belongs in the Great Falls Public Library - wrongfully taken, yes, but if you can, kindly take into consideration it has been loved and cared for all these years and know I am sorry for taking it,” the unnamed man wrote. The book loving thief even had the book restored and signed by the author before he sent it back to the library, along with $200 to make amends. It seems that the man who “borrowed” it loved it so much, he read it at least 25 times since the book came in his possession in 1982. Earlier this week, a Montana library received quite the surprise when one of their lendable books, “Bid Time Return,” by Richard Matheson (author of numerous well-read titles, such as “I Am Legend” and “What Dreams May Come”), was returned after 35 years.
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