The Butterfly Effect (New Line Cinema) [Mass Market Paperback]

James Swallow (Author)

Book Description

Series: New Line Cinema | Publication Date: December 30, 2003

Struggling with the psychological effects of his repressed childhood memories, a young man devises a technique of travelling back in time to inhabit his childhood body. As he attempts to mend the broken lives of those closest to him, he finds that every trip brings chaotic results into the present.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Black Flame (December 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844160815
• ISBN-13: 978-1844160815
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #816,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

James Swallow has written several books, including Star Trek: Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers and Seeds of Dissent (from Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Infinity's Prism); the Sundowners quartet of 'steampunk' science fiction Westerns (Ghost Town, Underworld, Iron Dragon and Showdown); the best-selling novelization of The Butterfly Effect; The Flight of the Eisenstein, Faith and Fire and Jade Dragon; the 2000AD tie-ins Eclipse, Blood Relative and Whiteout; Stargate Atlantis: Halcyon; and the Blood Angels duology Deus Encarmine and Deus Sanguinius.


In addition, Swallow's short fiction has appeared in Inferno! and Stargate magazine, the anthologies Star Trek Voyager: Distant Shores, the Doctor Who Short Trips collections Dalek Empire and Destination Prague, Something Changed, Collected Works, What Price Victory and Silent Night.


His non-fiction includes Dark Eye: The Films of David Fincher and books on writing, genre television and animation; he has also written for Star Trek: Voyager, Doctor Who and Space 1889, along with several scripts for audio and videogames.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book!, June 22, 2004

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A. Pohren (IA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Butterfly Effect (New Line Cinema) (Mass Market Paperback)

This was one of the best books that I have read in a very long time! I wanted to read it before seeing the movie and now I can't wait to see it! I couldn't put the book down once I started it. The plot was so intriging and each page makes you want to move to the next to see what was going to happen! The storyline interweaves itself so well and is fascinating and complex in the aspect of how one scene in the beginning of the book suddenly reappears in another scene later in the book. When this happens, all I could think of was "wow!"
The characters are so believable and it is so easy to "live" through each one. I highly recommend this to everyone! It is a book that could easily be read several times over!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Read, July 25, 2004

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V. Townsend "Butterfly" (Lynn Haven, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Butterfly Effect (New Line Cinema) (Mass Market Paperback)

I read this book before watching the movie and loved it. I would recommend if you watch it on DVD to watch the theatrical version to get the same ending as the book. I watched the directors version first and was disappointed in the ending. However, the movie is very good much like the book.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More of a movie than a book, June 30, 2004

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Carlie (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Butterfly Effect (New Line Cinema) (Mass Market Paperback)

I saw the movie first, and for once the movie was better than the book. Ok, so the book was based on the movie which explains alot. I bought this book because I really loved the movie. However, there was something lacking in the book. I felt that there needed to be more connections between the reader and the characters. In other words, I wanted to care about them more, get to know them more in a way you only can in a book, not in a movie. However, it never quite gets there, it feels like you are just watching the movie.

As I said, I really enjoyed the movie, so this book was ok. There was just something missing.