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The Anubis Gates

Tim Powers

Start date: November 1, 2013

Finish date: November 30, 2013

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Jan 10, 2015 Rob Thompson rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio, 2015-challenge, fantasy, kindle, to-review

400 pages of manic fast-paced genius

The Anubis Gate is Tim Powers’ award winning fourth novel, published in 1983 it really is an amazing book, the like of which I’ve never read before. The Anubis Gate doesn’t have many ulterior motives or deep meanings, apart from trying to constantly entertain the reader. I’m not going to cover the plot in this review (its too involved) but all I’ll say is that it cunningly merges together the following elements:

- Time travel
- Body swapping
- Ancient Egyptian ...more

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Feb 06, 2017 Sean DeLauder rated it it was amazing

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Goodreads has been recommending this book to me for a long, long time. I finally took the plunge. To my profound dismay, I am not the inscrutable enigma I want to believe because whatever algorithm GR/Amazon is running, they hit the bullseye with this one. As a result, I'm afraid to look at any more book recommendations for fear it's a hole from which I'd never be able to climb out.

Time-travel historical magic books are a new genre for me, but if Tim Powers' work is any indication of the larger ...more

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