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I'm grateful to UK & other readers who have reacted to a novel that now lies 20 years in my past... To the Toronto fellow: I felt Peterson had to eventually reach completion (polite word) with Marjorie, to complete the plot arc. It's a sign of things falling apart/center cannot hold in that gloomy 1999. (Whoosh, glad we're not on that timeline here!)
As one reader noted, my more recent COSM is like TIMESCAPE on speed, and my next two, THE MARTIAN RACE (December) and EATER (April) will have the same solid scientific background...
Gregory Benford --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A very human science-fiction read,
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This review is from: Timescape (S.F. Masterworks) (Paperback)
This is no fast & easy read. It's also one where it is very easy to miss the point. And the point lies in the human element and the very human part of the plot. There's continual contrast here between the characters on a dying earth and those in an earlier era. The science-fictional theme is, obviously, time-travel or rather the communication through time. This is a book to be patient with. It's necessary to accept the characters, not dismiss them as dull and uninteresting. The characters are people like you and me who are facing their challenges in the best way they can, same as you and me. These challenges placed against a cosmic type of fate therefore become significant. This book gives a deep look at life itself through the depiction and contrast of the working life where the characters in two different time periods are dealing with mind-boggling events on the one level and on the living of their personal lives on another. This book isn't for an action and adventure fan. It's one which presents concepts that will stretch your mind, and at the same time show how everyday life complexities are part of the picture. If you allow yourself to become absorbed in this book, you'll find much to think about, both on intellectual and on personal levels. I did have one fault with the book. It begins in 1998, and I would have liked to see it end in 1998 showing the changes in the primary characters as well as the development of those who we meet in the 60's.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A great read, just not a brilliant one.,
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This review is from: Timescape (S.F. Masterworks) (Paperback)
I'd read a lot of negative reviews of "Timescape" beforehand, but I went ahead with it anyway and I have to say it was pretty damn good.OK, a lot of the sidetracking (dinner parties and long walks ad infinitum) was unnecessary, but it wasn't unentertaining. The science was solid and well-explained, though nothing truly mindblowing. All in all, the sort of book you'd take home to meet your parents.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
How did this win the Nebula Award?,
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This review is from: Timescape (Mass Market Paperback)
Good concept, but half the book could have been removed and it would be just as good. The story is cluttered with dinner parties, trivial family matters, and ralationships that are of no interest.
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