- Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Baen Books; Reprint edition (1 Aug 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671318292
- ISBN-13: 978-0671318291
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.5 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,087,729 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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At the end of this century Ross Murdock is given the choice between prison and a dangerous role in a secret mission. Accepting the latter, but determined to escape at the first opportunity, the intelligent young man finds himself involved in a project which demands that he be projected back to various periods in history. For the Americans, aware that the Russians, somewhere in time, have learned the secret of space travel, must for the sake of national safety, obtain the same secret. Hurled back into the earliest ages of man, Ross' volatile intelligence is, for the first time, stimulated as he risks death, posing as a member of prehistoric worlds. By the time the Americans gain control of the secret, Ross is rehabilitated and is a willing participant in the benevolent army of the future. An interesting idea, well handled by Andre Norton, science fiction expert, who projects his reader deftly both backwards and forwards in time and injects his narrative with considerable and interesting historical information. (Kirkus Reviews)
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To anyone who glanced casually inside the detention room the young man sitting there did not seem very formidable.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read a great many Andre Norton books during the 1970's (when they were pretty much mandatory in most municipal libraries) but can't remember if that included "Time Traders".
Nevertheless, this is epic sci-fi which takes in both time and space travel.
Andre Norton had an incredible future vision when penning her stories and her concepts and ideas were far in advance of those popular at the time, i.e. little green men from Mars etc. This book was written around 1958, yet in the particular fictional world it is stated that manned space exploration failed to develop further once humans had set foot on the Moon. What an almost uncanny prediction of how things turned out in real life. (Should point out in other Norton books, mankind has gone to the stars).
A compelling read and worth a place in any sci-fi collection. I'm looking forward to adding more Andre Norton reprints to my collection as they become available.
Nevertheless, this is epic sci-fi which takes in both time and space travel.
Andre Norton had an incredible future vision when penning her stories and her concepts and ideas were far in advance of those popular at the time, i.e. little green men from Mars etc. This book was written around 1958, yet in the particular fictional world it is stated that manned space exploration failed to develop further once humans had set foot on the Moon. What an almost uncanny prediction of how things turned out in real life. (Should point out in other Norton books, mankind has gone to the stars).
A compelling read and worth a place in any sci-fi collection. I'm looking forward to adding more Andre Norton reprints to my collection as they become available.
4 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Having previously read and enjoyed a number of short stories by this author I was looking forward to reading a full length novel. I started reading and kept going, waiting for it to become interesting and for the characters to become more than refugees from a pre-adolescent "Boy's Own Adventure" Annual. It never happened.
Having ploughed through part 1 (Time Traders), I hoped that, perhaps now the author had set the scene, maybe in part 2 (Galactic Derelict) the characters would come to life. Alas, no, it was still reminiscent of the cartoon "Hurge's Adventures of Tin-Tin", without the dog, the humour or the occasional love interest but now with some alien planets replacing the foreign countries.
The time travel element was also disappointing. I was left feeling that although the book intended to transport the reader to our distant past it seemed to have more in common with the pulp sci-fi TV programs of the 1960's but without the humour.
Perhaps my disappointment is partly that as a modern reader I expect more than a series of "baddies" (apparently only because they are Russian?) or "ferocious alien monsters" for the hero to overcome. These 2 stories, republished in 2000 as an omnibus, were first published in 1958 and 1959 respectively. Unfortunately for me they reflect all too clearly the conventional prejudices and gender stereotypes of the era where reckless uncommunicative men are heros who bravely fight the unknown and women hardly exist.
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40 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Unnecessary Revisions Weaken a Classic
25 Aug 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
If you're like me, you read these novels as a youngster in the late 50's or early 60's, and you were drawn in not just by the no-wasted-motion adventure/scifi style for which Ms. Norton became so well loved, but by the glimpses of a not-too-distant future that was clearly based on a somewhat uncertain present. The style is still there in this new edition, but the future, sadly, is gone. For reasons that elude me, the political/cultural milieu of the original near-future has been updated (the Bad Guys are no longer "Reds," they're from a post-USSR-breakup "resurgent Russia"), and the result is not a good fit. The narrative and characterizations still have that squeaky-clean Fifties feel, so the 90's references feel anachronistic. Part of the pleasure of reading classic sf is to enjoy the retro flavor; this attempt to overlay a contemporary veneer simply rings false. What's worse, the paperback edition, which I purchased, bears no indication anywhere that these revisions exist. I discovered them only as I read along and became increasingly disturbed by things that didn't fit. If you want to read a classic, and especially if you want to relive the experience of reading the classic you remember from your youth, do yourself a favor and track down the original text.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Wonderfully fun stuff! [R.I.P. Andre Norton 17 March 2005]
20 Aug 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
There is nothing quite like the type of space yarn that the great and greatly prolific Andre Norton wrote in the 1950s and 1960s. Well-crafted, colorful, exciting, with a wonderful sense of strangeness and awe to the settings and descriptions, these books never fail to delight, no matter how many times you read them. Even the elements which tend to date these novels add a sort of nostalgic charm that I find irresistable. Baen Books is to be applauded for its plan to re-publish a lot of her out-of-print novels in these omnibus editions. If you have yet to get into Andre Norton, now is a good time. You are bound to have a fun fun time!
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
An all time great Sci Fi book.
26 Oct 1999
Format:Paperback
This was the first Sci Fi book I read 35 odd years ago. And it launched me into reading all her other stories and the other great Sci Fi authors too. It is fun to reread this book now for it takes place late in the 20th century. The Cold War fears of that time (remember it was written in the 50's) are all thru the book and very familiar to one who grew up then. This book and the following three are still very good reads. They are full of adventure and bold ideas and you do wnat them to end, And now I see where Ms Norton and another author are writing new Time Trader books. I cannot wait!!!
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