Version Control

"A thoughtful, powerful overhaul of the age-old time travel tale.... Palmer is a novelist with an abundance of things to say--about life, about time, and about the essence of the universe.... [He] has given us a vertigo-inducing peek behind the veil of existence, then distilled it into a quiet, intimate tale of a couple and the trauma that binds them. It's exhilarating." --NPR

"Easily one of the smartest, most unusual time-travel stories you'll ever read--and one you don't need a PhD. to understand.... Like J.K. Rowling, Palmer understands that when your subject is utterly fantastic, you need to cloak it in everyday language." --Mashable

"Heartfelt and harrowing.... A knowing, frequently funny and often very sad novel that explores love, marriage and loss in the age of social media and perpetual online metrics.... A version of the modern world amplified by only a few degrees of futurity and made all the more engrossing and strange for its nearness."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Brilliant.... Palmer earned his doctorate from Princeton with a thesis on the works of James Joyce, Thomas Pynchon, and William Gaddis. This book stands with the masterpieces of those authors." --Publishers Weekly (starred)

"Wise, immersive, and brilliant.... A mind-bending tour of the science and ramifications of the causality violation device that reminded me of how I felt after I first saw the movie The Matrix." --Nelson Appell, The Missourian

"Deftly exploring a huge range of subjects from relationships to technology to race and much more, Version Control is brilliant and richly satisfying: a novel that is utterly true to the complicated and science fictional world we live in today." --BuzzFeed Books

"With time travel as a fascinating backdrop, Palmer delicately examines the layers of stories we create when trying to differentiate 'the information from the truth.'" --The Washington Post

"Mind-bending.... A compelling, thought-provoking view of time and reality." --Booklist (starred)

"A novel brimming with ideas, ambition, imagination, and possibility yet one in which the characters remain richly engaging for the reader." --Kirkus Reviews (starred)

"An intellectual novel that feels surprisingly intimate and accessible. Weighty yet emotionally rewarding." --BookPage