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Written in Time
As a freelance writer, Jack Naile was used to getting an occasional letter from one of his readers, but when one of those readers sent him a clipping from a magazine, it would not only change his life, but could alter the course of history as well. The clipping had a photo, taken in Nevada in 1903, of a street scene, including a story with a sign, "Jack Naile--General Merc...more
Mass Market Paperback, 656 pages
Published
October 26th 2010
by Baen
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Jack Naile and his wife, Ellen, are free lance writers of novels and gun magazine articles. Used to getting the occasional fan letter, the most recent one that came in the mail had an interesting clipping. From an old magazine, it was a 1904 street scene at the town of Atlas, Nevada.
Intrigued, Jack gets in touch with the sender, Atlas' town historian, for more information. Perhaps an old relative. What they get in a packet floors the Nailes. A family portrait of the Atlas Nailes, it's unmistakab...more
Intrigued, Jack gets in touch with the sender, Atlas' town historian, for more information. Perhaps an old relative. What they get in a packet floors the Nailes. A family portrait of the Atlas Nailes, it's unmistakab...more
This was pretty bad; poorly written, poorly edited, poor choice of a way to spend any of my time. Quit early on, March 2011
Sep 21, 2011
Dustin
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1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
no one
Shelves:
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Ok. I admit I didn't finish this one. I got about a hundred and fifty pages in before I realized that it wasn't getting any better. The pacing is terrible, I feel the prologue kinda' destroys any mystery the authors could have built up, the dialogue is almost unreadable and without reasearching the authors I can already tell that at least one of them is a gun "enthusiast" because the book spends paragraphs describing them. This whole thing reads like the worst sort of author insert fan fiction,...more
I love time travel books and that's about the most positive thing I can say about this one. I gave it 2 stars because I did read it to the end. At times it was entertaining, other times it was boring and then there were the times I was going back and forth between chapters trying to make sense out of what I just read. Basically it was a book written for fans of the Tea Party - God Guns & Patriots and more guns!
Though marketed as science fiction, this is really more of what they used to label men's adventure a few years ago, a field in which Ahern excelled. The current volume has the sf time travel trope (including a fun appearence of Teddy Roosevelt), but I think would be a disappointment to the average science fiction fan. Lots of guns, fast action, some right-wing philosophy, and cigarettes on almost every page. The good guys are good, and the bad guys are very bad. It was fun but not very deep, and...more
Meh.
Had some potential, but the writing was ... well, amateurish. Transitions were awkward, the characters seemed one dimensional, and it really didn't flow. I expected to see a note about it being their debut novel, but instead they've written over 60 books? Really?
I don't have a problem with an author making his or her politics obvious, but really, don't keep bludgeoning me over the head with it. Over and over. Repetitively. Again. And Again.
Had some potential, but the writing was ... well, amateurish. Transitions were awkward, the characters seemed one dimensional, and it really didn't flow. I expected to see a note about it being their debut novel, but instead they've written over 60 books? Really?
I don't have a problem with an author making his or her politics obvious, but really, don't keep bludgeoning me over the head with it. Over and over. Repetitively. Again. And Again.
When a time-travel book has the phrase 'God Bless Ronald Reagan' within the first thousand words, I get itchy. When it follows up with 'check out the date on the inside jacket of this Ayn Rand novel', hives are not far off.
Right-wing masturbatory dreck can make an otherwise well-written book bad. This was not an otherwise well-written book. Avoid.
Right-wing masturbatory dreck can make an otherwise well-written book bad. This was not an otherwise well-written book. Avoid.
I took a chance with this author because the subject seemed intriguing. This was a sloppy book. By that I mean, it was hard to keep up with the plot almost from start to finish. It seemed to be a small attempt to slam politics as they currently are. It was filled with gun control slights and scare tactics concerning the economy. This book seemed to be a thinly veiled attempt at pushing some gun rights agenda. I think if the author had paced it better, and spent less time on the politics, it woul...more
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hmm This book confused me a bit, it seemed to change along the way and I probably enjoyed the first half much more then the 2nd half. Overall it was ok.
Gave it up, I agree with other comments on here, this is badly written and turgid. With all the glorification of guns etc, it seemed like a polemic for the NRA
I have better things to do with my time then to spend any more of it with this book.
Such a promising premise. Too bad I couldn't get close to finishing it. First, I cringed through the unsophisticated writing style that seemed rushed and info-dumpish. But what really made me give up was the in-your-face "I'm a Republican" tone in the story. Guns, guns, and more guns. God blessing Ronald Reagan. A completely unnecessary and pointless talk about the election. Did Baen change their submission guidelines in the last few years to mandate that all their new authors have to hit you ov...more
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a pretty good book
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Jerry Ahern (born Jerome Morrell Ahern) was a science fiction and action novel author best known for his post apocalyptic survivalist series The Survivalist. The books in this series are heavy with descriptions of the weapons the protagonists use to survive and prosecute a seemingly never-ending war amongst the remnants of the superpowers from pre-apocalypse times.
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