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Somewhere in Time

by Richard Matheson

Narrated by Scott Brick

3.71 ABR Score (9.7K ratings)
★ 3.85 Goodreads (8.8K) ★ 4.12 Audible (880)
10h 52m Released 2010 Fantasy

Why Listen to This Audiobook?

Scott Brick's hushed, yearning delivery makes a man willing to destroy his mind for a woman he's never met feel completely, dangerously rational.

  • Great if you want: a love story where obsession and longing feel earned
  • Listening experience: quietly intense, elegiac — best heard alone, at night
  • Narration: Brick's restraint sells the haunted desperation perfectly
  • Skip if: bittersweet endings leave you frustrated rather than moved

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About This Audiobook

Richard Matheson crafts an extraordinary tale of obsessive love that defies the boundaries of time itself. When playwright Richard Collier discovers an old photograph of a beautiful Victorian-era actress at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, he becomes consumed with an inexplicable connection to her. Convinced that true love has drawn them together across decades, Collier attempts the impossible: willing himself back to 1896 to meet Elise McKenna in person. What begins as romantic fantasy evolves into a profound meditation on destiny, sacrifice, and the lengths one will go to find their other half.

Scott Brick's masterful narration elevates Matheson's haunting prose to new emotional heights. His performance captures both Collier's growing desperation in the modern world and the dreamlike quality of his journey into the past. Brick modulates his delivery with subtle shifts that mirror the story's movement between time periods, creating an almost hypnotic listening experience that pulls listeners deeper into the protagonist's obsession. The audio format proves ideal for this introspective narrative, allowing Matheson's lyrical descriptions and philosophical musings to wash over listeners like memories from another lifetime.