About the book: 2003 / None of us are destined to see the world of the last century with our own eyes. And Simon Morley, the hero of Finney's novel, succeeded, and more than once. He had the opportunity to compare two eras, judge the positive and negative aspects of each of them based on personal experience. In general, ordinary time travel. But it was written with such authenticity, with such unique knowledge of historical details, that even people who had never read science fiction in their lives literally discovered a new genre for themselves..