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Summary: Ho hum. la dee da. Away with the hackneyed scribe.
Review: All right, here it is folks. This book is O.K. It's completely predictable. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy great adventure. It could be the simplest story and pulpous as all hell, but I'd still champion it if it was written well and with some real heart, not with the movie in mind.So, I touch on the problem with all of Crichton's books; he has the script in mind while writing. Great, go for it. But don't put it on a bookshelf, leave it on your agent's desk. If you want entertaining time travel see Connie Willis(To Say Nothing of the Dog) and her homage to Jerome K. Jerome(I didn't know who he was either). P.S. From viewing the "Also Bought" list. You people need to get off the bestseller list, it's all fodder. Check out who Crichton reads, and respects, and I'm sure you will run into Phillip K. Dick and Harlan Ellison(two far superior writers). They are more than likely in the genre(if there is such a thing) you like. Hell, Dick's stories were the basis for Blade Runner, Total Recall, and Screamers. All of those flicks bury those giant lizards somewhere along the Congo, marked by a giant Sphere.
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Summary: Longer than needed
Review: I enjoyed the first half of this book, but it got completely bogged down in the second half. Found myself getting bored and racing through pages in hopes that the plot would start to move again.
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Summary: Time for a movie deal?
Review: I must admit that I am often in awe of Crichton's intensive research and knowledge of the subjects of which he writes. In this story, however, his amazing sense of detail as it pertains to the physics, archeology and history are overshadowed by the lurking sense that this was intended to be a film. Has he gotten so used to his books becoming movies that he is now editing the book for a script while he is writing the novel? I hope not, but I think so. If you are interested in another smart and well researched novel that makes you want to learn more about a subject you never thought you would before, buy this book!
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Summary: Fun to read!
Review: I LOVED this book! It reminded me so much of the fantasies that I used to read when I was a little girl...it transported me. My usual reading material is police stories or serial killers, so this book was a refreshing change. Maybe it isn't Crichton's best work, but I became very involved with the characters - always a sign that I am enjoying myself!
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Summary: Crichton stumbles on this one
Review: The book gives occasional glimpses of Crichton's considerable story-telling skills, but disappoints in the hopelessly one-dimensional characters and the preposterous gimmicks (radio transmitter ear plugs that work or don't work, depending on Crichton's plot requirements) needed to make the plot hang together. Obviously written to meet obligations to a publisher. The only solace will be for aspiring writers, to see that even a pro can make a mess of things.
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Summary: Timeline
Review: My wife and I, both, enjoyed this book. It's a basic triller and well written as you would expect. I must say the science is a little 'bent'. I liked the science of Jurassic Park - fiction of course, but believable. This one is a bit too much. However, an enjoyable book anyway.
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Summary: A Fun Read with a Movie in Mind
Review: Timeline is the first Michael Crighton novel that I have read. It was the cover that caught my attention, being a history buff. I found the book to be an easy, fun read but from the start saw a movie script written in. Let's face it, Crighton is big in the media, so if he writes with a film in mind, what else should we expect? However, it was a smart, entertaining book and I read it in 2 evenings. Something I haven't done in ages. Less than halfway through the book I was trying to figure out who would be the right actor for each part, and I agree with a previous reviewer....Marek would be difficult to cast. If you want a quick, fun, exciting read, check out this book...Sure, it will be a movie, but now I have more to look forward to!
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Summary: Timeline for the movies
Review: I've read all of Crichton's novels, and have had a fine time doing it. Timeline is beautifully researched, a good plot, and it reads like a movie. I can't say exactly what that means, but by the end it seemed to overwhelm the story. It no longer seemed to be written as a book, on it's own, but as a treatment, to be filmed. For all of its excitement, it demanded very little exercise of the imagination, and was just plain not as much fun to read.
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Summary: What is past is prologue?
Review: It's been done before...time travel...but probably not quite so entertainingly. You can idle through the explanation as to how this is accomplished, because I'm not sure that the author quite got it, but it's of no moment. They can travel...coming back in the same exact form as you left seems to be a problem, however. That is a fact that is kept from our intrepid adventurers, but not from the reader. This story really moves and is full of interesting and apparently accurate information when it takes us back to the 1350's. To read about those days from Mr.Crichton's viewpoint makes one glad to have been born in the 20th century. The story of what is happening back at the laboratory is not quite so compelling, but the book certainly holds the readers interest while telling a darn good yarn. I would give this 4 and a half stars, if half stars were available. You won't regret having bought it.
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Summary: Hmmm....
Review: I have to admit, after reading this book I actually did do alittle bit of reading up on quantum physics and differentdimensionalities, etc. I'm still pretty boggled by the whole thing. Anyway, I found the book to be very enjoyable. Not quite the usual Crichton (thus the 4 stars instead of 5), but supsenseful and amusing nonetheless. I got the book for Christmas and read it before classes resumed. I didn't find it the least bit "boring" or "tiring" or "contrived". I also found the change of pace from the usual Crichton dinos or corporate fare of late to medieval France intriguing. I would definitely recommend it to fiction lovers, old Crichton fans and new initiates alike. END
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