More misses than hits for me. I think other time travel fans may enjoy this more than I did though. There were several stories with made-up places, names, words, etc., and I don't usually enjoy those (especially in a short story). Trying to figure out basic stuff like where we're at, what year it is, who's who, and what the strange words mean actually distracts from the story, and by the time I figure out what's going on (if I'm even able to do that), the story is over.

There were a few good stories in this collection that take place in towns like Detroit, and eras like the 1930s. With those, I already have a basic idea of the setting and I can enjoy the story.

The thing about time travel stories is that they are usually very good or just don't make any sense at all. There's usually not much in between. The great thing about a collection of short stories is that you can just move on to the next one if you come across one that isn't making sense.

All of these stories are reprints and I had already read some of them. The introduction is good and the books are in order by copyright date. The copyright dates are listed under permissions at the back of the book. Some of the older stories are dated and some suffered a bit by being the influence of later stories, which makes them very predictable. Don't give up if you don't like the first few, skip ahead a bit, then come back to the others. I only rate the ones I liked.

"Yesterday Was Monday" by Theodore Sturgeon. - 3 stars
"Time Locker" by Henry Kuttner. - 3 stars
"Time's Arrow" by Arthur C. Clarke.
"I'm Scared" by Jack Finney.
"A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury. - 3 stars
"Death Ship" by Richard Matheson.
"A Gun For Dinosaur" by L. Sprague du Camp. - 3 stars
"The Man Who Came Early" by Poul Anderson. - 3 stars
"Rainbird" by R.A. Lafferty. - 4.5 stars
"Leviathan!" by Larry Niven. - 4.5 stars
"Fire Watch" by Connie Willis. - 4.5 stars
"The Pure Product" by John Kessel. - 3 stars
"Timetipping" by Jack Dann.
"The Anniversary Project" by Joe Haldeman. - 3.5 stars
"The Price of Oranges" by Nancy Kress. - 4.5 stars
"Sailing to Byzantium" by Robert Silverberg
"Trapalanda" by Charles Sheffield. - 4 stars
"Another Story or The Fisherman of the Inland Sea" by Ursula K Le Guin.

Rounded up from 3.5 stars. A mixed bag - the second half is better than the first, and the third quarter is better than the fourth.

Time-travel plays a role in each story, but often in unexpected ways. These stories are clever and entertaining. Overall a very good collection.

“Yesterday Was Monday” by Theodore Sturgeon
***A man stumbles backstage of “life”.

“Time Locker” by Henry Kuttner
****Weird but cool take on the paradox of time travel, involving a time-warping locker.

“Time’s Arrow” by Arthur C. Clarke
*****Paleontology meets time travel, leading to a chilling discovery.

“Death Ship” by Richard Matheson
*****A trio of space travelers find a crashed ship on an alien planet, and then things get very interesting. I did not see the ending coming on this one, and it was great!

“A Gun for Dinosaur” by L. Sprague De Camp
****Hunters travel back in time for the ultimate game.

“The Man Who Came Early” by Poul Anderson
***A soldier is accidentally and unexpectedly transported a thousand years back in time. Not surprising, he has difficulty fitting in.

“Rainbird” by R. A. Lafferty
****After a long life, an inventor travels back in time to give his younger self advice.

“Leviathan!” by Larry Niven
***Time travel is used to collect souvenirs of the past.

“Anniversary Project” by Joe Haldeman
****Far-future beings travel back in time to find someone who knows how to read. Interesting concept of the evolution of humans over a million years.

“Timetipping” by Jack Dann
*Confusing story that has characters popping in and out of the time.

“Fire Watch” Connie Willis
***Historians of the future are able to travel back in time to study the past first-hand. For his course final, a student goes back to the Blitz in 1940’s London.

“Sailing to Byzantium” by Robert Silverberg
****A man from the past is living in the far-future and not really fitting in. I did get bored by some of the long-winded descriptions of the cities, but the twist I didn’t see coming brought the story back for me. I didn’t really understand the ending. But I still liked it.

“The Pure Product” by John Kessel
**A man from the future runs around randomly murdering people. I never got why. Dark and disturbing.

“Traplanda” by Charles Sheffield
***A wealthy eccentric hires an adventure guide to help him find a treasure. Turns out treasure means different things to different people.

“The Price of Oranges” by Nancy Kress
****A man goes back in time to bring back happiness for his daughter, and he succeeds in an unexpected way.

“Another Story or A Fisherman of the inland Sea” by Ursula K. Le Guin
*****An experiment in teleportation inadvertently results in giving a man a second chance.

It's possible Harry Turtledove and I just have different opinions about what makes a story "great." On the other hand, it's quite odd when at least two of the stories are not actually about time travel at all--time travel is just a red herring. So is it a story about time travel if, say, someone thinks they're a time traveler but they turn out to just be insane? I'm not sure, but it's a bit offputting. My favorites are the more contemplative stories that use time travel as a means of saying something else--Connie Willis's exploration of history, prejudice and grace, or Ursula LeGuin's discussion of regret and second chances.

A good selection from some great authors. It's fun to see how they can take the same concept--time-travel--and go in so many different directions.

http://fantastiskfiktion.wordpress.com/2014/06/18/the-best-time-travel-stories-of-the-20th-century/

An interesting take from a variety of viewpoints on the idea of time travel. I enjoyed that each one was vastly different and held its own within the genre.

I haven't been a fan of the other "Best of" collections by Harry Turtledove but this one is a little different. Most of the stories in here are incredible and well chosen for their differences in approaching the "limited" world of time travel. I especially enjoyed Jack Finney's "I'm Scared" and the Ursula K. Le Guin's "Another Story".

Este livro contém uma deliciosa coletânea das maiores histórias de viagens no tempo já publicadas.

São histórias algumas curtas outras longas mas sempre nessa mesma temática. São autores consagrados do gênero tais como Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Connie Willis e várias outros grandes escritores.

O livro é longo mas devido a qualidade das histórias você nem vê o tempo passar. São várias horas desfrutando as viagens desses personagens retornando ao passado para combater dinossauros, retornando à época do nazismo para  evitar a destruição de uma capela, são homens indo ao futuro para descobrirem serem apenas uma programação robótica, são aventureiros indo até a Argentina para descobrir uma cidade desconhecida..enfim o livro todo é um deslumbramento. Amei.