The Other End of Time

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Summary: "The Thinking Person's Independence Day"?!?!?!?
Review: ......which is what the cover brags.....Not true by a long shot! Interesting ideas are introduced, especially when the humans realize that the "eschaton" may be a false concept these aliens are basing thier conflict on...instead of assuming it is true...Pat is interesting, but Dannerman is a snore...As for the cover quote, "Dopey" is no Independance Day nightmare, just a simpering peacock with a kitten's head!!!!

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Summary: A good read, but....
Review: A enjoyable book that was thought provoking while not dry and difficult to read. The characters were well thought out and fairly developed, will the plot was at times far reaching and very reasonable at the same time. I would catorize this book as hard science fiction, yet much of the "science" has been well used in writings; i.e. Tachyons are used quit frequintley in Star Trek. But...the ending left me hanging. The characters seem to wrap things up too quickly for my taste. I was glad to learn there is at least one sequel.

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Summary: A good read, but....
Review: A enjoyable book that was thought provoking while not dry and difficult to read. The characters were well thought out and fairly developed, will the plot was at times far reaching and very reasonable at the same time. I would catorize this book as hard science fiction, yet much of the "science" has been well used in writings; i.e. Tachyons are used quit frequintley in Star Trek. But...the ending left me hanging. The characters seem to wrap things up too quickly for my taste. I was glad to learn there is at least one sequel.

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Summary: I thought Frederik Pohl would be better.
Review: After hearing that Frederik Pohl was supposed to be a great novelist, I picked up "The Other End of Time." In the first section, it seems more like a mystery than a sci-fi. Then the plot slows down considerably. It picks up a little at the end, which I read for lack of anything else to do, but it has no real closure. However, I wouldn't want to read a sequel. In some parts, the story is a litle suspenseful, and that does add to the factor of wanting to read a little more, but most areas lack any form of suspense at all. "The Other End of Time" really isn't worth the price tag.

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Summary: Very poor Pohl
Review: Although I haven't read much of Pohl's work, I LOVED the Heechee books. This book, however, was very, very boring. I forced myself to finish it just to see what happened... and nothing did! And now there's a sequel? No thanks.

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Summary: Excellent. At age 78, Pohl was still as creative as ever.
Review: As good as any SF I've read and I've read a lot. The fact that Pohl was 78 (I think) when he wrote this and 80 when the sequel was written is amazing when you consider these are as good as any he ever wrote (in my humble opinion).

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Summary: i didn't hate it
Review: But i didn't love it either. It has its moments, it has some interesting ideas, but what hurts it is the big chunk in the middle where they're all in the prison. that lasts for about 150 page, and it's pretty slow and uneventful. after that it picks up again and it's quite fun to read. I thought the alien was a little too childish looking (the ways it's described anyway) but I'll still read the next one just to find out what happens.

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Summary: Quirky but sometimes annoying
Review: I don't know if I can really comment on Pohl as an author, having only read this and Drunkard's Walk. Anyway, this book is entertaining about half the time and aggravating the other half. I actually like Dopey, one of the aliens. The human characters are ok.. but sometimes too one-dimensional. At times he could do a better job of describing them so we can visualize. The fairly frequent sexual references are indeed a snore. There are grammatical errors and sometimes the sentence structure is not pleasant to read. I don't think I will get the sequel.

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Summary: A snore
Review: I don't know what book the reviewers were reading but it certainly wasn't this one. The usually reliable Pohl has concocted a unlikeable pastiche of trite characters and a weird plot

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Summary: Review of Pohl
Review: I enjoyed the first book - the second book was overly detailed about few events. This book continued the plot yet didn't seem to finish the story. I thought this was a trilogy. I was interested to see what happens with the Horch and the Others, and of course, the reverse big bang theory. I would like to see another book come out. After reading Pohls minibiography on the web, I'd also like to explore some of his other works.