- Mass Market Paperback: 436 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books; Reissue edition (1 Jun 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0812510003
- ISBN-13: 978-0812510003
- Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 10.9 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,025,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Manse Everard, an unattached agent of the Time Patrol charged with protecting humanity's transcendent future against those who would alter Time itself, and Wanda Tamberley, a cataloger of natural history, join together to save the stability of history.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
the most thought provoking time travel book ever!,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Shield of Time (Mass Market Paperback)
Unattached Agent Manse Everard has to be the most complex man,part spy for the Time Patrol, and part deep thinker. His struggles on the part of the Patrol to preserve history are an interesting moral and ethical quandry to read. Should agents of the Patrol be allowed to have personal lives ? And what quandries will face them if they do, as Everard falls in love with a field specialist named Wanda Tamberly. Or should he give up all hope of ever again trying to have at least a normal life. One would think that time travel does secretly exist some where, Mr Anderson's writing is so factual and extraordinary.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent book, engrossing storyline, imaginative timetravel,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Shield of Time (Mass Market Paperback)
This was my first Poul Anderson book to read, and I picked it up because my 3-year-old liked the mastadon on the cover. An excellent book dealing with imaginative and purposeful time travel. The storyline is so engrossing and convincingly well-written that this reader felt as if i were living the histories described. This is the job I want if I ever grow up.
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3.9 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews) 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
3 Short Stories, NOT 1 Novel!,
By David A. Lessnau - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shield of Time (Hardcover)
Even though the cover of Anderson's "Shield of Time" plainly states "A Novel of the Time Patrol," this is NOT a novel. It's a collection of 3 Time Patrol short stories (possibly novellas) loosely related only by their subject matter, main character(s), and some tacked on, tiny, inter-chapters. They're decently written short stories. But, an awful lot of the material is taken up with just describing the historical settings. I also was not very happy with the holes in the author's theory of time travel. But, overall, assuming you don't mind short stories instead of the advertised novel, I rate this at an OK 3 stars out of 5.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another fast paced romp through history.,
By Mike Cumpston - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Shield of Time (Mass Market Paperback)
One of the best in Anderson's long running Time Patrol Series. In this work, Manse Everard rescues history on a grander scale than ever before Anderson attacks the sometimes tedious concept of temporal paradox in a manner that allows the reader to suspend disbelief and enjoy the rich interplay of his characters and the high adventure characteristic of all of Anderson's works.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not Free SF Reader,
By Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shield of Time (Hardcover)
Another Time Patrol novel with Everard Manse. A lot of this is taken up by a newer agent, a woman named Wanda Tamberley.
Manse is getting a bit worn down by the whole time policing thing, particularly given there is a faction with similar technology opposing them to their own ends. Wanda herself gets a bit attached to those she is interacting with in 13000BC. |
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