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First of all, I was really impressed w the clean sentences and grammar. It's not something I take for granted, especially with a young up and coming author such as Burrage. Every section simply flowed beautifully and effeciently. It really was a pleasure to read.
Burrage did an excellent job with juggling (and he is also an actual professional juggler) many different characters, a character with various names, in a non linear fashion, and the addition of an awesome time travel idea.. was extreme...more
Burrage did an excellent job with juggling (and he is also an actual professional juggler) many different characters, a character with various names, in a non linear fashion, and the addition of an awesome time travel idea.. was extreme...more
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This is the first real new use I've made my ebook reader - rather than reading the electronic version of a book made of trees I actually read a book published for free the internet. In this case it's a novel written by the famous juggling extraordinaire Luke Burrage (also presenter of the Science Fiction Book Review Podcast). I was quite surprised at how good his first online book turned out to be too - quite a page turner (if pressing a button counts as turning a page). The book is written out...more
The writing is very good. I like writing that avoids lenghty descriptions. If you're into exact visual descriptions of stuff, use pictures. Books are better for ideas and stories. Complex descriptions in books have a negative effect on me. I see things better in my mind with less detail in the text.
The book bogged down just a bit right there in the middle, but picked up again. Not a problem for such a short novel.
There might be a bit too much stuff in this one. I felt it might be better if it wa...more
The book bogged down just a bit right there in the middle, but picked up again. Not a problem for such a short novel.
There might be a bit too much stuff in this one. I felt it might be better if it wa...more
I had big problems getting started with the book, and I started reading it two times, but when I pushed through the place that I was (about 30 % through) it started getting really good, in the end it ended up being worth it. I liked that the book surprised me with it's twists most of the time, but still let me feel smart for being able to piece together all the chapters in almost the right order on the first read through. It's hard to say too much more without spoiling the story, so I won't, but...more
At first I was a little confused with what was going on. It took me a couple chapters to catch on to the non-linear nature of the storytelling in this book. Once I had that minor epithany, I quite enjoyed this book. It is short, but has some interesting twists. I liked the time travel without time travelling and the idea that sometimes things we can connect in our own heads are not really connected. It is easy to see plots behind every event, when it is occasionally just happenstance. A good fir...more
A very fun, short book about the near future and the many possibilities it brings. Really enjoyed the jumping around in time, a la Slaughterhouse Five, since it allowed for the mystery to build up until about 2/3 through the book when it all gets laid out. Definitely recommend for a quick, easy read about the potential future of brain scanning and augmented reality.
This was a quick but rewarding read. I didn't really need the appendix at the end, although it was useful to know that I had figured things out more or less correctly. I enjoyed putting the jigsaw together and the ideas were really interesting. A new twist on time travel. Probably more of a short story than a novella, as the characters were fairly slight, but very enjoyable nonetheless, particularly because of the non-linear structure.
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It's okay, I guess. Still reads like a bunch of inter-spliced but otherwise unrelated short stories. Definitely floats some very interesting ideas; although, I'm not sure how well it really holds up as an overall story. Maybe a little too much wish fulfillment, so to speak. If only this, then of course that would happen, kind-of thing. Trying to keep it vague. It's not as simple as inventing something or publishing something or doing something. You have to invent, publish or do at just the right...more
A nice take on the time travel concept. The non-linear story works well (although I can only take so many NL stories before they just become more annoying then interesting).
I read this as an e-book on my Palm. A young man achieves a facsimile of immortality via alternate dimensions and a sort of time travel. Great 1st effort by a new author.
Very interesting. A must read. Great concepts. I like the non linear nature of the story, leaves the reader guessing and wondering all the way to the end.
As a struggling sci fi writer I can't help but give Luke major props here. He nimbly avoided every land mine on the turf and finished the story.
Inspiring, a four star debut.
Inspiring, a four star debut.
I think this book should be officially published if it is not already.
A non-linear read (so switch your brain on!) with some good ideas which I haven't seen in other sci-fi. Thanks for the appendix at the end Luke!
3.5 stars. Interesting first novel by Mr. Burrage, the host of the Science Fiction Book Review Podcast (SFBRP). I can't say much about this book without spoiling it. It's short. It moves fast. Give it a try. You can download it at sfbrp.com.
an aweful lot of fun and a great example of how to jump around with time and pov!
A great debut release, quite a few good ideas crammed into this novella. Would have loved this as a full novel with the themes and ideas and technology explored in greater depth. You will be left in the dark as to the relevance of certain chapters at the time, unless you figure out the twist early, but it all comes together nicely at the end. Looking forward to his first novel.
It took me some thought to begin to spot the patterns that allow the reader to differentiate plot streams from one another - good. In places the story itself was too dry. A refreshingly different take on time travel.
Mar 29, 2013
Eric Henderson
marked it as to-read
Feb 11, 2013
Gregg Kellogg
marked it as to-read
Feb 10, 2013
Jesse Kona
marked it as to-read
Feb 04, 2013
Sarah
marked it as to-read
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