Those of you who enjoy fiction featuring Twain as a character might be interested in _Twice Upon a Time_ by Allen Appel (1988, Dell). I read it over the holiday break. The novel is the sequel to _Time After Time_ (also fun, if you like this sort of thing), which introduced the protagonist, a time-traveling historian. The novels are very light on the technical, sci-fi aspects of time travel (they're similar to the Kirk Mitchell and David Carakeet stories in that respect), & enjoyable because of the situations and characters: Twain, Custer, Edison, Uncle Remus, the Philadelphia Centennial, and so on. Our university library has neither novel. I found the first in the local public library, and bought the sequel as a remaindered paperback (of course, inter-library loan is another option). In any case....Enjoy! Mike Dooris, Penn State University: [log in to unmask]