Dave Langford reviewed The River of Time for White Dwarf #94, and stated that "more conventional but contains some nice genre-mixing: in 'The Loom of Thessaly' the weaving Fates encounter spaceborne weaponry, and 'Thor Meets Captain America' offers a nasty world where Hitler did achieve his dreams of recruiting supernatural aid.
dˈeɪv lˈæŋfɚd ɹᵻvjˈuːd ðə ɹˈɪvɚɹ ʌv tˈaɪm fɔːɹ wˈaɪt dwˈɔːɹf hˈæʃ nˈaɪnti fˈoːɹ, ænd stˈeɪɾᵻd ðˈæt "mˈoːɹ kənvˈɛnʃənəl bˌʌt kəntˈeɪnz sˌʌm nˈaɪs ʒˈɑːnɹəmˈɪksɪŋ: ɪn ðə lˈuːm ʌv θˈɛsəli ðə wˈiːvɪŋ fˈeɪts ɛŋkˈaʊntɚ spˈeɪsboːɹn wˈɛpənɹi, ænd θˈoːɹ mˈiːts kˈæptɪn ɐmˈɛɹɪkə ˈɔfɚz ɐ nˈæsti wˈɜːld wˌɛɹ hˈɪtlɚ dˈɪd ɐtʃˈiːv hɪz dɹˈiːmz ʌv ɹᵻkɹˈuːɾɪŋ sˌuːpɚnˈætʃɚɹəl ˈeɪd.