One of the reigning masters of SF today presents a futuristic adventure in the classic mode about a billionaire industrialist, who communicates with aliens, achieves interstellar flight, and explores far-flung worlds filled with high-tech wonders. "A happy romp through a range of ideas about the universe and what we can do in it".--Poul Anderson.
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Dr. Robert L. Forward (www.FowardUnlimited.com) is a space scientist and businessman, lecturer, futurist, and science fact and hard science fiction writer with thirteen published books and over one hundred shorter pieces.
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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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From start to end an imagantive and well written sci-fi story of future science that seems like magic today. This story uses many ideas in Rob's book 'Future Magic' and demonstrates them very well. I finished this book in a couple of days - a really gripping plot with a great open end - or was it the start!?
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One of Robert Forward's Best. . .
2 Oct 2003
By David Zampino
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
This reviewer has noted time and time again, that Dr. Forward's novels excel in "hard science" but not so much in depth of character or development of plot. In "Timemaster" we still have the outstanding science -- with enough of an improvement in character and plot to satisfy most Sci-Fi fans.
When dealing with his "neg matter" plants -- and the opportunities such creatures would provide for relatively intstaneous space and time travel, Forward continues to fill his books with life forms radically different from anything we have (or can really imagine) on Earth -- and make them believable.
This one is a good read. I highly recommend it.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my favorite books
20 Aug 2001
By G. Ralph Kuntz, MD
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have read several of Dr. Forward's books, and this is, by far, my favorite---I read it twice and am considering a third reading. Dr. Forward writes "hard" science fiction, and Timemaster is no exception, sticking closely with the known laws of physics. The concepts presented in this book are intriguing and Mr. Hunter's solution to the problem of his nemesis in a delightful surprise. Highly recommended!
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Timewaster
19 Jan 2003
By David Bonesteel
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Space entrepeneur Randy Hunter discovers a kind of space-dwelling plant composed of negative matter, which allows him to develop interstellar spaceflight and time travel, not to mention acheiving all of his dreams, winning the girl, foiling his drug-addicted rival, and becoming an all-around great guy. ... Author Robert L. Forward never lets us forget how wonderful and brilliant he thinks his hero is, which came off as more than a little self-congratulatory since I couldn't shake the feeling that he was meant to serve as an alter-ego for Forward himself. There is much juvenile one-upmanship between Randy and his cartoonish arch-rival, Oscar, who is just as bad as Randy is good and whose dislike is never explained as anything more than jealousy (but then, who wouldn't be jealous of such a terrific guy as Randy). I found the key plot device of the Silverhairs to be ludicrous and uninteresting. The sole saving grace of this book is some fascinating business toward the end concerning time travel and the interaction between the Randys of various time periods. Had this aspect of the story been more prominent, it would have been a better book, but instead it is buried among juvenile characterizations and dull plotting.
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