false <![CDATA[Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181867093m/40293.jpg 40293 12 In one of the most powerful and thought-provoking novels of his remarkable career, Orson Scott Card interweaves a compelling portrait of Christopher Columbus with the story of a future scientist who believes she can alter human history from a tragedy of bloodshed and brutality to a world filled with hope and healing. 1348187 1996 Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus total:2875|5:964|4:1030|3:668|2:171|1:42| 2875 11328 3438 275 2 3 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 24 11:22:26 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 16 08:57:04 -0700 2008 Rachel and Leah, however, the characters of this book who pretend to be historical are not very accurate. I enjoy good fiction and exciting narratives. I dislike fiction masquerading as history or a work such as ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon May 26 12:51:01 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 13:13:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Apr 13 08:21:28 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 08:21:28 -0700 2009 Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of th...more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu Apr 10 01:12:28 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 01:24:07 -0700 2008
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Interesting premise: Pastwatchers are literal viewers of history who get the idea to go back in time and change things to make a better future. (For some reason, Christopher Columbus ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 20:18:39 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 20:31:16 -0700 2009 1 Cryptonomicon you will like this. This is a view into a future civilization that has perfected the ability to look back over history, following individuals and analyzing their decisions. It plays with the concept of the possibility of changing a moment i...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 16 21:11:57 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 14:36:01 -0800 2009
I would neve...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 19:47:50 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 19:52:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Mar 21 14:34:21 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 14:36:27 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 08:38:18 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 10:03:56 -0700 2009 This is one thing I get addicted to when reading and writing:
The creation of your own little universe.
You want to know what Card does?
The creation of your own little universe.
There's so many intricate little theories and while you don't get as...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 18 21:11:47 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 21:27:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Thu Nov 27 16:24:10 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 16:27:16 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 03 13:01:37 -0800 2008 Fri May 22 21:12:22 -0700 2009 1 too well for me to overlook them. This is a very imaginative and interesting book, but the time-watcher characters seemed a bit flimsy and hollow. The arguments they have with each other are too obviously sections where t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 07 10:16:09 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 12:00:02 -0800 2008 2 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 05 21:28:39 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 21:36:42 -0800 2008
What if technology develops that allows humans in a given age to look back in time and see how individuals lived their lives. This happens to a remnant of humans left after disease and w...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 17:35:59 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 17:43:15 -0700 2008 2
However, this month, the kids have been studying Christopher Columbus (we homeschool). The more I read and learned and di...more...]]> 2 0 false true Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 22 15:06:33 -0700 2008 Tue May 05 12:58:05 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 24 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Apr 10 09:45:02 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 08:28:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Feb 06 19:33:22 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 18:32:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=40293