The Time Travel Handbook: A Manual of Practice Teleportation & Time Travel (Paperback)

~ David Hatcher Childress (Editor), David Childress (Author)

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"Very weird... 6/10" -- The Voice Files, August 2000.

Product Description

The author takes readers into the weird world of time travel and teleportation. Not science fiction, this is an authoritative chronicle of actual time travel experiments, teleportation devices and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 271 pages
• Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press; illustrated edition edition (July 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0932813682
• ISBN-13: 978-0932813688
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #382,396 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An engaging tutorial which will have you hopping in no time!, August 27, 1999

By A Customer

Having been disappointed many times by books promising to reveal previously secret methods of time travel, astral projection, teleportation, and such, I approached this title with an understandable skepticism. What would distinguish this work from, for example, Danielski's 1989 work, "Teleportation and Time Tripping: A Manual," or Bearden's 1994 volume, "Other Bodies, Other Worlds: Crossing the Barrier of Time and Space." Imagine my delight when I found this work to be not another rehash of now tired Theosophian thinking, but rather a fresh and engaging effort to document some of the latest--and some of the most ancient--thinking in one of the most exciting frontiers of the emerging post-science, post-rationalism age. The editor has done a fine job of assembling many of the most important and relevant documents in this field, and I can unabashedly recommend this tome to anyone seeking to prepare themselves for the undoubtedly fantastic world which will be upon us as the New Millennium dawns.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's probably Time you read this book...., March 5, 2003

By	KNO2skull "kn02skull" (United States) - See all my reviews

This book, starts out as a pretty dry read concerning the physics of time travel. This is alright, since the concept is pretty deep, but is better covered by a physicist like Paul Davies, in his book "About Time". The science part reads like a college term paper rather than an interesting portrayal of the science. Then again, we're not buying it to learn about Einstein, are we? No, we want to see about time travel!
Once past the science stuff, we begin to see what 'paranormal' or unexplained events may indicate time travellers. U.F.O.'s is a common theme here, although I'm surprised Childress, who does seem to discuss everything, didn't talk about people purportedly appearing from nowhere. These cases are well documented, and certainly related to the idea of 'time travel'. That aside, he displays some nice photographic and illustrated documentation of U.F.O.'s, starting with the late 19th century. This continues, including Rastafarian Time Travellers. It goes on into the Philidelphia Experiment and how it may relate to time travel. Then, into some people's unfounded claims of either a.) being a time traveller b.) channeling time travellers c.) finding time capsules supposedly left by time travellers, etc. The section on 'Seth' (of 'Seth Speaks' fame) was particularly painful, nearly equal to the lengthy babblings concerning the 'Wingmakers', (look it up on the internet). Later, the book goes into some patents, and ends up with an excellent re-iteration of an actual, verified teleportation performed in California-perhaps the only truly verifiable evidence in this book.
Aside from these difficulties, it really has quite a few photographs and drawings of time machines, either patent ideas or left by 'time travellers'. A few amusing cartoons are included, and it does go into depth (as much as is possible) to speculation of actual work on space-time related projects. Fun to read? Read Well's 'Time Machine' for that (which I was surprised and disappointed Childress did not find some connection to allow him to speculate Wells was writing from first-hand experience). It is a nice collection of the 'time travel' theories, ideas, and purported events in existence to the public today, and for that it is worth a purchase.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond incredible, November 3, 2000

By A Customer

I'm blown away. This is the first book I purchased on time travel. I was actually looking for a book on wormholes, and this was the closest (and best rated) that I could find. I feel foolish now to think that I was just looking for a book on one tiny subject in a gargantuan field.

This book covers so much, it is difficult to swallow. The first section deals with theoretical physics concepts like general and special relativity. These concepts are explained well, for the most part. There are some shortcomings in the editing (like using a term before defining it, and not providing an index or glossary of terms), but it wasn't so bad that it became incomprehensible.

From there, it moves to application of these concepts, The Philadelphia Experiment, and much more. I'm only about half-way through the book, but so far, it just keeps getting better and better. The portions on current research into vertical timelines and defying our conventional perception of physical space are mind-blowing. Even if this book is a complete lie, it is an amazingly well thought-out and thoroughly supported one! Highly recommended. (Don't let the embarrassingly stupid cover or laughable typography fool you, the content is completely professional and fascinating.)