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Summary: A Movie Script in Novel Form
Review: Much like the other reviewers, I found the book to have a good start, and some interesting concepts, and certainly a good glimpse into quantum physics. But what a disapponting back half of the book. Michael wrote a screen play and called it a novel. What a shame on his talent and the subject matter.
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Summary: The best book in ages
Review: This book was so filled with action and suspense, it always kept me guessing. The story line is definitly one for the history books! Michael Crichton combined knowledge of history and physics that made the action flow smoothly and made him seem like a master of everything!
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Summary: Crichton Strikes Again
Review: When I picked up Timeline at the local bookseller I expected the same "Crichtonesk" mannor of a novel. What I found in Timeline was much more. This book will make you think, which I enjoy. Starting off with theories of quantum foam and a multiverse was deffinitly an attention getter. Then combining clever characters with a 14th century plot, amazing. About half of the book actually takes place in the Middle Ages. This section of the book is definitly not light hearted. The fast pased action and adventure vividly portrays the Medevil period, also combining the unique twist with the four twentieth century adventures. All in all I would have to say that it is definitly one of Crichton's best yet! Can't wait for the next.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Crichton is one of my favorite authors, and I had high hopes for this one- how could you go wrong combining Crichton and medievil warfare? The book started off well, but soon became quite boring. With a large opportunity for great action, he fails to keep us in suspence for very long, and the bumps in the character's roads become quite predictable. If you haven't read Sphere, check that one out instead.
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Summary: Connecticut Yankee (s) in King Arthur's Court Redux
Review: Admittedly its been many years, but does anyone agree that this is Twain's classic set in the high tech age?Good start; great promise; reduced to a fast paced but non-spellbinding revisit to Medieval Times. Such a premise had such promise! Oh Well, everyone is allowed one disappointment!
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Summary: Timeline's good but too much to say in too few pages.
Review: I started this book hoping for a mixture of Jurassic Park and Pillars of the Earth and found a little of each but not enough of both. It was a good read - Crichton's science foundation and an interesting scenario made it a page turner, particularly the middle third. I had no trouble with the plot and reasoning here; this is fiction of course. I agree with other reviewers that the characters were flat and needed more development. The constant escape-flee-recapture scenes the characters went through got tiring. If anything, the book needed more pages to better describe and reveal the historic world they visited. All in all, however I enjoyed the book and recommend it. One note on the time traveling paradox. With infinite parallel universes, the fear on unduly influencing the future would be moot.
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Summary: It's worth reading
Review: There are few books in the market that take you to the worlds that Michael Crichton does. He effortlessly makes you believe that his imaginary world can actually exist. This book is one of his most unique works.
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Summary: Crichton's insightful comment right on target.
Review: This book was more action-oriented than I'd like, but the plot and science/science fiction were enough to keep me interested. Toward the end of the book, I found one comment to be as insightful as it is ironic: Crichton notes that in our modern society, the culture's supreme ideal is entertainment. It permeates everything -- from politics to education, and everything in between. This, from he who has mastered and exploited this penchant of ours.
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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: Of course, the "time machine" concept is always intriguing, but the execution here leaves much to be desired. Hard to believe this book is on the best-seller list.
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Summary: Comparable to some Star Trek TV series scripts
Review: While the book is written in a more complex, detailed style, it reminds me of several Star Trek concepts: Time and space travel; trying to fit in with persons from another era. There is even a discussion of Star Trek's Prime Directive not to interfere with other worlds or to affect their history, although Crichton does not mention Star Trek. I wish the book had been more original.
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