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Summary: A Waste of Time
Review: I've always loved H.G. Wells' "Time Machine" and was really excited when I found this book. I managed to get about halfway through it before I finally decided why bother reading anymore. The narrator spends most of his time questioning and whining over just about everything and the plot becomes unmercifully confusing and complicated. I found myslf struggling through a book whose main character I could no longer stand. Save your money, take a pass on this one.
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Summary: Astonishingly good Sci-Fi and true to the original
Review: I cannot recommend this book highly enough! I "primed" myself first by reading H.G's original and then picked up Baxter's masterpiece. The transition was flawless! And what a thrilling adventure it is! The twist of making the Morlock intelligent and compassionate was skillfully crafted and makes the reader reflect on the human state of "civilisation". An unputdownable masterpiece that puts Baxter up there with the best!
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Summary: Imagination is plentiful here
Review: A excellent book with a good plot, good imagery, and all together very emotional. One of the best books I have ever read. Once you pick this book up you wont be able to put it down. I would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: A revolution in the theory of time travel
Review: Baxter not only introduces the notion of "alternate futures" to the fiction on time travel, but lets the reader discover the possibilities it carries on a vast and macro level. His choice and use of characters are at no means behind his theoretical contribution to the subject.
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Summary: Boring.
Review: Couldn't force myself to finish this book. Gave up halfway through. Dull. No plot. No action. Not the least bit entertaining.
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Summary: h.g.wells would be proud
Review: This is probably THE best sequel ever. Wells' book was great, but it doesn't stand a chance in comparision with this flawless 'Victorian-era' masterpiece. It would be diffucult for Baxter to surpass this one.
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Summary: Baxter's romp through H.G. Wells' universe
Review: A sequel to "The Time Machine" - the first great science fiction novella ever written and still a classic all further works must be compared to - has often been tried. Usually without any success.Not here. Baxter's romp through the Wellsian universe includes not only "The Time Machine" but other Wells short stories, such as his predictions of tank warfare, as well as modern physics and SF themes. Well written, imaginative, and with real characters. Baxter's best work.
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Summary: overwhelming!
Review: Maybe the best SF Book I have ever read. Stephen Baxters descriptions are so impressing, you won't stop reading until you're through!
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Summary: A worthy successor to the original
Review: "The Time Ships" is a stunning novel, both in style and substance. Baxter captures the innocent, rollicking tone of the original while adding a healthy dose of contemporary science. Granted, the invented time-travelling substance he invents here is a bit silly, and I saw one major plot point about twenty pages in, but the fast-paced, future-past-present-future-past storyline never lets up long enough for you to be bothered by any potential weakness. Baxter is a brilliant writer with some incredibly original ideas. This book is packed with enough original ideas to fill ten novels. At the same time, he's managed to draw characters that actually matter - something Baxter has had trouble doing in the past. Baxter owes a lot to Clarke and Bear. He's also his own writer. Probably the best Hard SF writer to appear on the scene in the last 10 years. Don't be put off by the occasional bad review: Baxter is a great talent and "The Time Ships" is an example of him at the top of his form.
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Summary: A worthy sequal
Review: Writing sequels to the works of others is always a risky business. Authors, by their nature, want to stamp their works with their own style, which is precisely what you don't want to do when expanding someone elses work. This is doubly true for something that is as much a masterpiece and a classic as Well's Time Machine. Baxter's work clearly respects the original. It is obvious that Baxter did a great deal of study from the original and worked very hard to duplicate the cadence and characterization from the original. This alone might have lead to a dull doppelganger, but Baxter manages to expand the original story without trying to deviate from its style. The conceit that Baxter uses is to employ all the considerations that science fiction and physics have given to the subject of time travel in the hundred years since the original, and to incorporate them into the story. The result is one where the old novel retains its charm but is enhanced by the new additions to the story. It is a top flight effort and it succeed brilliantly. Baxter's Time Ships is a worth sequal to the original and deserves to be read by anyone who loved the original.
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