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Summary: Timeline
Review: Timeline is a great book that explodes with energy from the very beginning. This book is about a group of historians, Chris, Marek, and Kate, who travel back in time to rescue their professor. From the very start, things go wrong. Their two guides are killed during their first minutes of getting there and the only machines they have to return in are destroyed. This and many other obstacles make it hard for the historians to rescue their professor and return back to present time. Sir Guy de Malegant and Robert de Kere are two main people trying to kill Chris, Marek, and Kate. The significant thing about de Kere is that he came from present time and was sent back in time the same way that the three historians were. De Kere has the same earpiece that the others have and this allows him to know where they are at all times. Marek finally realizes that he has it and tricks de Kere by leading him and his troops in another direction. The historians finally find the professor, who is with Lord Oliver, showing him how to make gunpowder that will burn more when water touches it. He is showing him this because Oliver's army is about to fight Arnaut's army. During the fight, Chris, Marek, Kate, and the professor get together and return back to present time. They all return except for Marek. He decides to stay because he holds off soldiers that are trying to kill them. After they return, they go back to the site in present time and see Marek's burial stone carving.The theme of this book is to finish what you start. The historians all make a decision whether to finish their job or to quit and leave without the professor. I thought the characters were realistic and well described. They were also different in many ways. Marek was a smart person who could speak old English languages very well. He was quiet and athletic. He acted older than the others and was their leader during the journey. Chris, however, was younger and not as quiet. He was also athletic but wasn't as much of a leader as Marek. A bad characteristic that he had was that he wasn't very calm. He would always see things a lot worse than they usually were. The fact that the characters were different made the book more interesting to read. The only thing I didn't like about this book was all the explanations about quantum physics and time travel. It was too confusing for a reader like me to follow, but overall I give this book five stars. I thought this book was very well written and would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: timeline
Review: Timeline is a great book that explodes with energy from the very beginning. It is about a group of historians, Chris, Marek, and Kate, who travel back in time to bring back their professor. From the very start, things go wrong. Their two guides are killed in their first minutes of getting there and the only machines they have to get back in are destroyed. They go through many obstacles to get everybody together to go back. Sir Guy de Malegant and Robert de Kere are the main people after Chris, Marek, and Kate. But the significant thing about de Kere is that he came from present time and was sent the same way the others were. De Kere has the same earpiece that the others have and know where they are at all times. Marek finally figured he had it and tricked de Kere by leading him and his troops in another direction. They finally find the professor, who is with Lord Oliver, showing them how to make gunpowder that will burn more when water touches it. He shows them this because Oliver's army is about to fight Arnaut's army. During the fight they all get together and go back. The theme of this book is to fallow your dreams and finish what you start. I liked the characters a lot. There were a lot of characters to remember, but it wasn't too confusing. I thought the book was very well written and would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: Timeline
Review: Timeline is a great book that explodes with energy from the very beginning. It is about a group of historians who travel back in time to bring back their professor. From the very start, things go wrong. The two guides are killed in their first minutes of getting there and the only machines they have to get back in are destroyed. In a race against time they rescue the professor and manage to bring him back safely. The book is very fast paced and interesting. The theme of this book is to never hold back and always finish what you start. I liked the characters a lot. There were a lot of characters to remember, but it wasn't too confusing. I thought the book was very well written and would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: What a marvelous read!
Review: I've been to the Dordogne (got lost in Domme, the walls have more than one exit), love history and think this novel is a real work of genius. I read it all night, I read it all the next day. I forgot to take the laundry out of the washer. I forgot to get the mail. After awhile, I felt like I needed a magic button to help me escape from the Middle Ages. Inventive, creative, scholarly and fun.
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Summary: Great Reading
Review: I liked the premise of this book, having been turned on to quantum physics back in college. The notion of parallell universes & outcomes was intriguing. The plot develops quite nicely & the characters are believable. This book makes for great reading on an airplane.
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Summary: One of the best......
Review: Being a computer geek myself I enjoyed this book thoroughly. The first time I read it was in a plane (started in LAX, actually. LA's airport). I was on my way to Chicago from Australia, and from Chicago I was going down to South America. I found this book on a seat, in LA airport and begun to read. It caught my attention straight away, and from the first time I begun to read it, I could not stop until I finished it. It honestly took me about 12 hours to read. So, if I have to recomend this book, here I am, doing so. I love the scientific explanations, I enjoyed the plot, and it had a great ending.
All in all, I'll give it five stars.
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Summary: A 400 page car chase.
Review: With about 50 pages to go, I gave up on this one, not caring what happened to any of the boring heroes and villains of this tedious, repititious work. I love time travel science fiction, but even so, this book did little to excite me. About all we learn about the inhabitants of fourteenth century France is that they were a bunch of vicious barbarians, albeit more advanced scientifically than we might have thought. Otherwise, the parts of the book set in the past are a long and tiresome series of contrived near-disasters and escapes that eventually blend together to where they're indistinguishable. The amoral executives of the scientific company set in the present day are stock action movie characters. This is not one of Michael Crichton's better efforts.
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Summary: thrilling cinematic adventure
Review: This is the twelfth book I've read by Michael Crichton and it's one of my favorites. It's about a small band of historians that travel back in time, namely 14th-century feudal France, to rescue their professor who is trapped there. The story kicks into high gear around page 160 and never lets up. There are countless swordfights, numerous chases, jousting matches and a thrilling climax during a siege of a castle. As usual Crichton has thoroughly researched his subject matter. Granted the time travel aspect is pure fantasy but he makes it seem almost plausible through quantum theory. The bulk of his research is centered on life in medieval times and it's within this setting that the story really takes off. Though Crichton is not known for showing much character depth, that one drawback hardly hurts this book. This is a very exciting tale with movie written all over it. (JANUARY 2000)
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Summary: What you would expect from Crichton
Review: This book was about what I expected it to be. The scientific explanations seemed to be reaching in some parts, but over all it was a great book. Deeply captavating and quickly read, this will bring out your interests in both quantum physics and history. Not as good as some of his others, but a recommended read.
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Summary: great vacation book
Review: This is a terrific page turner for vacation reading.
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