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Timeline

by Michael Crichton

When you step into a time machine, fax yourself through a "quantum foam wormhole," and step out in feudal France circa 1357, be very, very afraid. If you aren't strapped back in precisely 37 hours after your visit begins, you'll miss the quantum bus back to 1999 and be stranded in a civil war, caught between crafty abbots, mad lords, and peasant bandits all eager to cut your... (read more)

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Nithy
  • Rated 5 stars

“This book is about a path breaking technology that enables humans to be transported to other universes (the multiverse concept of quantum mechanics)including the past. This is done by faxing the information of a human being with quantum computers into the quantum foam where space & time warps. what a perfectly brilliant idea! but Hey! no sweat. It has quite understandable explanations with the aim of making a bunch of historians understand quantum physics. When Professor Johnson gets trapped...”

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Darrell R
  • Rated 1 stars

“Really Couldn't get into it. Not sure if I even finished it or not. Skip this one & go onto one of his better bookS!”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.738961 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 3.818182 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • ahmed o

    ahmed o said:

    “do you think this research about the lost descovery is through?and can people really travel through time changing?”

    posted Sunday, July 13 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Ms. McKellips

    ms. mckellips said:

    “Love this book, as I do most of Crichton's work. I really like the way he takes something unrealistic, imaginary, not in the realm of human knowledge and tweaks it just enough to make you say "hmmmmm..." He really makes you think about what folks are doing out there. I've always said, if they can imagine it for a movie (hmmmm....) someone's researching it for real!”

    posted Wednesday, June 11 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Mugen H

    mugen h said:

    “Well, I tried reading this but got stuck in the beginning. Tried my best but just got stuck. Suddenly there were too many characters and the story started on a 2nd track.”

    posted Wednesday, June 11 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Calensariel

    calensariel said:

    “I thought this was the best written medievel novel I'd ever read (hm... followed closely by The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis). His research skills are second to none. I couldn't put it down. I agree with River Jordan about the movie, though. There was not the suspence building up to finding out who the guy with the other gadget was that you experienced in the book (the other microphone? It's been too long since I've read it!).And James M, that is just tooooooooooo cool that you went there! (Forgive me, Lord, for I have become jealous!)”

    posted Sunday, April 20 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Sarah

    sarah said:

    “A good read at first, but the book's quality diminishes towards the end. At the very least, it is a page turner.”

    posted Sunday, April 20 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
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