false<![CDATA[Three Days to Never: A Novel]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172704947m/209688.jpg2096886When Albert Einstein told Franklin Roosevelt in 1939 that the atomic bomb was possible, he did not tell the president about another discovery he had made, something so extreme and horrific it remained a secret . . . until now. This extraordinary new novel from one of the most brilliant talents in contemporary fiction is a standout literary thriller in which one man stumbles upon the discovery Einstein himself tried to keep hidden.
When twelve-year-old Daphne Marrity takes a videotape labeled <i>Pee-wee's Big Adventure</i> from her grandmother's house, neither she nor her college-professor father, Frank Marrity, has any idea that the theft has drawn the attention of both the Israeli Secret Service and an ancient European cabal of occultists -- or that within hours they'll be visited by her long-lost grandfather, who is also desperate to get that tape.
And when Daphne's teddy bear is stolen, a blind assassin nearly kills Frank, and a phantom begins to speak to her from a switched-off television set, Daphne and her father find themselves caught in the middle of a murderous power struggle that originated long ago in Israel and Germany but now crashes through Los Angeles and out to the Mojave Desert. To survive, they must quickly learn the rules of a dangerous magical chess game and use all their cleverness and courage -- as well as their love and loyalty to each other -- to escape a fate more profound than death.
A pulse-pounding epic adventure that blurs the lines between espionage and the supernatural; good and evil; past, present and future, <i>Three Days to Never</i> is an exhilarating masterwork of speculative suspense from the always remarkable imagination of the incomparable Tim Powers.1946911182006Three Days to Never: A Noveltotal:397|5:53|4:165|3:144|2:34|1:1|39714265647742falsefalseThu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008Sun May 25 23:31:08 -0700 2008Mon May 26 00:31:28 -0700 2008
Declare, which immediately preceded Three Days. . .and dealt with Cold War espionage (as well as more arcane matters), interested me...more...]]>
52falsefalseTue Apr 08 21:15:06 -0700 2008Sat Sep 13 15:37:46 -0700 2008 I picked this up because it promised to have a bit of time travel in it. It ended up having a bit of everything in it.
One and a half acts into this book I had no idea what was going on. I didn't like it. There was just too much happening for me to foll...more...]]>
31falsefalseSat Feb 23 18:29:16 -0800 2008Sun Feb 15 14:20:47 -0800 2009 For me, here Powers mines what these days has become his usual formula -- twists on souls, espionage, alternate history, people using unusual powers, fant...more...]]>
31falsetrueMon Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008Sat Apr 12 08:27:52 -0700 2008Tue Apr 22 10:04:29 -0700 2008 Reminds one of Last Call (Mystic screening, etc.) and The Anubis Gates (Literature and time travel).
Unlike his other books, where what we face we understand, and as time goes on we get revealed ...more...]]>
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Thousand Words for Stranger) that he had read and that I just *had* to read. Placing it about 12th in my pile, I finally reached it this past weekend, and started reading.
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Tim Powers's fiction has consistently defied description for three decades. Three Days to Never is no exception, with its "off-the-wall-yet-vaguely-plausible scenario" (San Francisco Chronicle). Powers, whose previous novels include Declare (2000), The Anubis Gates (1983), and a trilogy ex...more...]]>
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40falsefalseMon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009Fri May 08 13:11:28 -0700 2009Wed Jul 01 11:08:23 -0700 2009 "Three Days to Never" continues his common practice of setting novels in the contemporary world that contain fantastic or magical elements. Similar to "Declare"...more...]]>
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The Anubis Gates, but this time he's thrown in alternate universes, paradoxes, the Mossad, a shady mystery cult, psychic powers, Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, supernatural forces, and - look, if you want it, it's p...more...]]>
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Three Days to Never is a fantasy/sci-fi novel set in California in 1987, at the time of the Harmonic Convergence. It's a tale of time travel, conspiracy theories, the supernatural, and secrets--secret inventions, secret family relations, secret government and religious groups.
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40falsefalseWed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009Fri Jul 24 20:12:05 -0700 2009Wed Jul 29 20:22:39 -0700 2009 I would still recommend it though! It's a spy thriller with the premise of "what if old school magic and demon summoning was true". Secret spy organ...more...]]>
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