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Summary: Lacks of originality
Review: The use of Quantum Multiverses to travel back in time has been widely used in Sci-fi literature for decades. I cannot see the originality of this story, because it contains the usual time-travel paradoxes and similar topics. And as other readers have noted, it turns out to be just another adventures book once the time travel is made. The diagrams are classical in Chichton books and very explanatory, that's true. Year-lights away in quality and imagination from Andromeda Strain's, his best novel ever. For a very good novel on multiverses, better read 'What A Mad Universe', by Fredric Brown.
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Summary: It will be a great movie
Review: This is my first Crichton book I have read. The story is interesting and he doesn't bore you with scientific jargon throughout the book, just the absolute basics to convince the reader that it may be feasible to travel between universes. The plot is somewhat predictable but the action will keep you turning the page. I can't wait for the movie!
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Summary: I'd swear I was there
Review: There is no better book to read on vacation. So much research went into the description of every phase of this book, that sometimes I wonder if I didn't really visit that castle in France. The book is absorbing, exciting and engaging. I give it four stars instead of five because it read a little too much like a screenplay. It's one thing to be transported to another one of the "multiple universes," but the added comic relief at tense moments just as you would find in a movie were unnecessary and insulting, as if I needed it to keep me interested in finishing the book. Nevertheless, great story line and compelling characters.
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Summary: Get Chased, Get Caught, Get Free, Get Chased ...
Review: Timeline is Michael Crichton's best work since Disclosure, which isn't really saying much since the two novels that have been published between these two books, Lost World and Airframe were absolutely atrocious.I was interested in the first 150 pages when the concept of quantum physics was discussed and put into action, but after the three main characters made it to 1357, it became nothing more than the Lost World without the dinosaurs, with nothing more than small dialog between chase scenes. I suspect my lack of enthusiasm with the book also has something to do with my lack of interest in medieval times. I was left to wonder if Crichton was able to weave a story that involved the US Civil War or the American Revolutionary War if I would feel different about it. We'll probably never know. I agree that this has the making of a great movie, but unfortunately, that is how Crichton writes these days, with the movie in mind first, then the story itself. Overall, it's just an OK book.
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Summary: Boring
Review: - Evil corporation invents a time machine to be used for no good. - Sends professor back in time to the middle ages. - History students go back to save him. - Hoorah!
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Summary: Good, but . . .
Review: Although I'm not a huge fan, the book's jacket was interesting enough to catch my attention so I purchased it expecting something like Jurassic Park. It wasn't even close; however, it was an easy read, very little depth of characterization, predictable and clearly written with a screenplay in mind (it might just make a decent movie, but I don't know who they would get to play Andre). This could have been so much more . . . I was disappointed that it wasn't!
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Summary: Completely Enthralling!
Review: In Timeline, you are wisked away to a world where there is not limit on blood and gore, where time machines are the latest in cutting technology, and where three Yale graduate students go back to the middle ages to save their professer. This book entertained me while teaching me a lot of interesting facts about Science and history. This book was written beautifully. Anyone who gets bored with this book obviously does not have a cultured taste.
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Summary: Classic Crichton
Review: As usual, you can tell that Crichton put a lot of research into this book. The level of detail that he describes of daily living, from the food eaten to the clothes worn, is really fantastic. Coupled with a clever storyline, it was a quick and interesting read.
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Summary: Quantum? What's that?
Review: I don't know if anybody has understood the ten page explanation about quantum physics. I guess it's time travelling (again) and that`s all. The problem with the book is that just when it should become thrilling (arrival at 1357), it develops into a nothing-more-than-an-adventure-novel. Just in case nobody has claimed: Crichton writes thinking of the movie: any candidate for Chris and Kate characters? Ah! Don't get lost in multiverse, he, he
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Summary: WOULD DEFINITELY MAKE A GOOD MOVIE
Review: Not much of a history-buff myself, I did not appreciate (YET) the description of the Castelguard/La Roque ruins at the start of the story. Then I found the quantum explanation highly "technical" when Gordon/Kramer discussed this to the students; but I guess that was necessary to give non-physics readers the a clear description of the story's main foundation --- "QUANTUM LEAP". From there, it took on a much faster pace where our protagonists were adversely faced with their 14th century opponents --- full of action & heartstopping events. Overall, it's an enjoyable read for adventure seekers. True, it's like Jurrassic Park, with a historical theme park background, but I say the readers will not feel bored basically because of this characteristic. This story will certainly be a high-budgetted, entertaining movie to watch for in the future.
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