Time and Tomorrow Author:John D. MacDonald Time and Tomorrow is vinntage MacDonald - 3 Brilliantly conceived Suspense Fiction Novels in One Mammoth Volume. Wind of the Dreamers, The Girl, The Gold Watch, & Everything, and Ballroom of the Skies. — Wine of Dreamers -- The theme, especially, taps into a hidden desire of the human race -- to find intelligent life in other parts of the univers... more »e. The idea of mind control by a superior species was a fantastically original fictional explanation for humanity's violent compulsion.
The Girl, The Gold Watch, & Everything -- To ever-loyal Kirby Winter, multimillionaire Uncle Omar left nothing -- nothing but a gold watch and a sealed letter to be opened in one year. But Kirby is destined to inherit the magical power to freeze time in its tracks. Power like that promises unlimited wealth, wealth that can't buy love, but does make a down payment on a lot of deadly trouble. In a universe without time, can Kirby stay one step ahead?
Ballroom of the Skies -- In "Ballroon of the Skies", John D. MacDonald suggests a strange and monsterous explanation. He pictures an intricate and totally convincing future society, where India rules the globe, and everyone chases the mighty rupee. The First Atomic War has just ended, and already the Second is clearly building.« less