In case none of the responses you got are the book you're looking for, I'd suggest either the "BookSleuth" forum at Abebooks.com ( http://forums.abebooks.com/abesleuthcom) or the "Stump the Bookseller" feature at Loganberry Books (http://www.loganberrybooks.com/stump.html). They solve these kinds of requests all the time. -Kathleen On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Barbara Hass <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Is this the story you need? it can be downloaded at these sites. > > found by a web search using the terms > "science fiction" "english channel" > > *The Time Saving Agency*<http://www.obooko.com/obooko_scifi/bookpages/scifi/scifi0012_timesavingagency_engela.php> > by Christina Engela > Obooko site requires free registration. Transgender theme. *Time travel*wasn’t for the faint of heart. Things happen at a certain time in a certain > way, which in a sense, is what it’s all about. If it didn’t, then things > would be completely different. Johnathan Scrooby was extremely tense. His > job at the Time Saving Agency was a tough one. Billions of lives depended on > him not screwing up. Once, he’d screwed up in only a small way and people > wore those little yellow smiley faces on t-shirts for decades afterwards. > And that was just a small screw up.*Yesterday Napoleon managed to dig a tunnel > across the English Channel, invaded London and everybody at the Agency > ended up speaking French* for a while. Sorting that out had been… > well,challenging. Mon dieu. Something smelled funny in the anals of > History. Things were not as they were supposed to be ... > > http://online-novels.blogspot.com/2006/04/s-through-z.html > > orhttp://www.archive.org/details/TheTimeSavingAgency > > *Barbara Hass, retired librarian --- SMILE * > > In a message dated 10/12/2010 5:28:53 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > Since many of you specialize in Obscuriana, I thought I would ask this > group as a last resort to see if you might be able to shed some light on > this odd request I got from the BFF that said: > > "Randy was talking to me the other day and mentioned a couple of books > he'd love to read again. I've found the ones he knew the titles of, but one > of them he said he read in junior high, he thought, and it was a story LIKE > "Journey to the Center of the Earth" but in this story, there was an access > through the english channel." > > For the record, Randy is about 62, so junior high would have been in the > early 60s. Anybody have any ideas? Where is Barbara Hass when I need her > (smile). This one just doesn't have enough meat for me to query, so I > thought some of our bookish friends might know. > > Thanks! > > > > Looking for a Job in the Arts? > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseJobs > > Tweetcha Later! > https://twitter.com/Indigo_Nights > > [image: animated twitter button] > > > > ========================================================= Important > Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message > to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > ========================================================= Important > Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message > to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).