'One of those complex and enormously inventive stories... based on some real, honest, practical ethical thinking. It is an idea book.'read full description
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Jul 30, 2011
Rasheed
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What would you think if you found an old book signed with your name-and learned that it bore a date in the distant future? It happens to Asher Sutton, and upon setting out to investigate the incredible enigma, he finds that book a ticket to a galactic empire many thousands of years from now!
Definitely my favourite time-travel novel so far!
Definitely my favourite time-travel novel so far!
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Apr 18, 2010
Gerold
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While the first few chapters had the makings of a really good time-travel book, it just seemed to bog down later on - to the point where I simply skipped over some of the paragraphs. Most of the time travel in the book are just references to things which will happen in the future for example, the text of a book, not yet written, found in the burnt-out wreckage of a space-craft....
The book had so much promise but just didn't deliver.
The book had so much promise but just didn't deliver.
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Dec 24, 2008
Dmadden
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I used to really like Clifford. These days he seems not bad but a little spongy. SF with passages that Garrison Keillor would be comfortable reading.
Jun 30, 2011
Jason
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Honestly, I wish I could give this 3.5 stars. I enjoyed the first 100 pages and the final 50 quite a bit. The middle section seemed to lose its way, to the point that the final 50 pages has to delve into loads of expositional dialogue to explain what happened.
I like the concept. I like the characters. If it had been a short story or a novella, I would liked it a whole lot more.
I like the concept. I like the characters. If it had been a short story or a novella, I would liked it a whole lot more.
May 02, 2008
Robert
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Another Simak book that enthralled me early on but slowed down and became too predictable towards the end. Still, the man was great at setting up thought-provoking sci-fi tales and outside characters you could really connect with. I'll give it three for how into it I was early on, even if a book involving space prophets, android rebellions and a war in time should have had me hooked a little more towards the end.
Mar 14, 2008
Jim
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This book was somewhat interesting but not a 5 star. It was interesting to see the interplay of time travel as well as the effects of Asher Sutten being given a new body by some enigmatic race. The androids just want equality. How will they get it.
I am glad I read the book but it won't make my library for long term.
I am glad I read the book but it won't make my library for long term.
Dec 22, 2010
Cheryl in CC NV
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The plot was a little confusing, but like all Simak it was thought-provoking and fascinating. Recommended.
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