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Summary: The first book in my all-time favorite time-travel series!
Review: I found "The Ivanhoe Gambit" in a used book store back around '90 and absolutely devoured it! It took about a year (and a chance meeting with the author) to collect the rest of the books in the series. If you like tightly written time-travel stories, the idea of adventure and intrigue in a fascinating medieval setting, plus a great set of interesting and believable characters, GET THIS BOOK! And, while you can, collect all the other books in the series and become a Time Wars addict like me. More, Simon--please!
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Summary: Surprised as hell
Review: I found "The Ivanhoe Gambit" in a used book store back around '90 and absolutely devoured it! It took about a year (and a chance meeting with the author) to collect the rest of the books in the series. If you like tightly written time-travel stories, the idea of adventure and intrigue in a fascinating medieval setting, plus a great set of interesting and believable characters, GET THIS BOOK! And, while you can, collect all the other books in the series and become a Time Wars addict like me. More, Simon--please!
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Summary: The Time Commandos Series in General
Review: I have had the pleasure of reading this entire series of books, and truly enjoyed them all. What I enjoy the most about the books is the blending of history and scifi in such a seamless storyline, or the blending of two different stories into one storyline. The reserch and skill that this requires is wonderful. I would recommend these books to anyone. Hawke fans should also check out his Wizard series as well. Titles to look for are The Wizard of Whitechaple or The Wizard of Sunset Strip. These stories combine the Pendragon legend of King Arthur and Merlin set in the future. Merlin brings a new source of power to the world MAGIC. Try them, they are very entertaining.
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Summary: LOTS OF FUN, LOTS OF TYPOS, BUT A GREAT READ!
Review: I was very surprised by this book. I had never heard of the "Time Wars" series and bought it based on the recommendations I read on Amazon. I was not disappointed and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Yes, the text is rife with typos, but still I found it to be a great read and a lotta fun. If you're interested in fantasy, sci-fi, history, historical legend, and action all rolled into a fascinating (and original) time-travel story then you'll like this book. I deduct 1 star for all the typos though... they gotta put out a proofed edition.
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Summary: LOTS OF FUN, LOTS OF TYPOS, BUT A GREAT READ!
Review: I was very surprised by this book. I had never heard of the "Time Wars" series and bought it based on the recommendations I read on Amazon. I was not disappointed and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Yes, the text is rife with typos, but still I found it to be a great read and a lotta fun. If you're interested in fantasy, sci-fi, history, historical legend, and action all rolled into a fascinating (and original) time-travel story then you'll like this book. I deduct 1 star for all the typos though... they gotta put out a proofed edition.
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Summary: Reread it last week after 16 years....
Review: Last week I was hunting around in the crawlspace and came across my "box of keepers" - books that I had read and didn't want to part with. As soon as I saw The Ivanhoe Gambit, I pulled it and the next three out, and read them intermittently over the past week and 4th of July Holiday. My opinion? Well, when I was 15 years old, they were definitely 5 star material, but with a few more years on me, I'd have to downgrade it a notch. Even so, it's a guilty pleasure. They're wonderfully readable books, but have a few too many inconsistencies, and rely too much on "willing suspension of disbelief" to be more than a good paperback novel. HOWEVER, I'm sure that when Mr. Hawke wrote 'em, that's just what he intended. The dialogue flies off the page, and the pacing is mighty brisk. Lucas, Finn and Andre - as well as Forrester, Dr. Darkness and the various secondary characters are all distinct personalities, and there's enough intrigue, fun and quasi-historical detail to keep your attention. However, when you're done reading them, you feel like you just ate a box full of ding-dongs - a bit guilty, a little woozy, and kind of unsatisfied. The other "ding-dong" effect also holds - you have a craving for more. Now if I can only find where I put the Nautilus Sanction and that "Dracula" book, not to mention the Golden Fleece story...
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Summary: The series finally returns!!
Review: The book starts out like some far fetched story about some futuristc time-line keepers who sign up for kicks jumping all over the past. But befor you know it, you can"t put it down. I think the writers of the movie "TIMECOP" based alot of their movie off of this book, but I think the book was alot more interesting. I highly recomend this book!
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Summary: Take the time to find an out-of-print edition of this book
Review: The Pulpless edition of this book is so riddled with typos that is all but unreadable. The book is spoiled because, it would seem, Pulpless decided to save money on proof-readers and just pass it through a spellchecker instead. This is not a small complaint. Simon Hawke should be made aware of this. A good book can be ruined this way. We want to read the book, get lost in the story, not be constantly yanked back to reality by horrible mistakes in printing, like using the word "ham" for "his." These mistakes are all through the book and get worse towards the end. Zero stars for Pulpless.com
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Summary: Nice time travel theories. Good, pulpy action!
Review: The Time War series is only worth reading up to the fourth book, but if youre going too read only one then let it be this one. The time travel logistics in this book taste better than any other Ive read. Also includes enough violence to slake the thirst of the average action fan. One of the best sci-fi pulp fiction books Ive ever found (consumed?). This book would make a fantastic movie. -Clyde Erwin
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