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Loading... Timeline (1999)by Michael Crichton
The first 160 pages of this book are set-up. Tedious details that mostly have no bearing on the rest of the story. Yes, there's some decent stuff in there, but I'd say it could have been covered in 30 pages, 50 max. Once the time travelling starts it's actually quite a good book, if you like that sort of thing. There's action and adventure, a villainous bad guy, a damsel in distress, and a reasonable mystery too. But really, 160 pages is a heck of a hump to get over. I certainly won't be reading it again. (  ) eclecticdodo | May 19, 2013 |  I wouldn't waste my time on Timeline if I weren't such a sci-fi junkie. Leaden figures plod through medieval France, encountering ridiculous adventures. Why do I push on? Because every once in awhile, Crichton treats me with a nugget of fascinating science or history. The best part of the book is the introduction and the bibliography. (  ) JackieCraven | Apr 28, 2013 | I really enjoyed this story. Timeline was a book that mixed sci-fi with fantasy in a pretty interesting and believable way. The book was a very easy and quick read and provided a nice diversion. One of my coworkers, Ed, also read the book and enjoyed it. However, he also saw Timeline the Movie and had nothing but bad things to say about it. As it so happens, he isn't the only one who had nothing good to say about the movie. The funny thing is the book reads like it should be a movie. I can't think of a book I have read before where, when I was done, I thought - "man this has to be a movie" as much as I did when I finished this one. Supposedly the movie that was made from this book seriously departed from the book. What gives? I know movies are never as good as the book - but this whole book read like a screenplay. Why would they change it for film? There was very little dialog that wasn't spoken (as opposed to thoughts or asides). I almost feel like someone should remake the movie, but this time actually pay attention to the book. I'm really suprised Crichton approved this movie considering he is also responsible for Jurassic Park. I just don't get it. Anyway, in the end let me just say, read this book. It is a good story and a fun read. If you don't have a lot of time for reading this book can still fit into your schedule becuase there really isn't much to it. (  ) finalcut | Apr 2, 2013 | I read it a while back so memory is hazy, but I remember being bored with it. The main character guy being a medieval nut is simply too unrealistic, in my opinion. However, I never have been to a renfair so maybe they are more common than I believe. Regardless, the ending with him was even more ridiculous, I'm sorry. ( ) angevon | Apr 1, 2013 | Time travel using alternate quantum realities... what fun! (  ) leslie.98 | Apr 1, 2013 |
 ''Timeline'' ends with Doniger delivering a caustic denunciation of the ''mania for entertainment'' that pervades American culture, in which jaded consumers increasingly seek an ''authenticity'' of experience that not even the most sophisticated ''artifice'' can offer. (Doniger wants to market time-travel as the ultimate amusement-park ride.) The irony, of course, is that few entertainment products are as artificial as Crichton's own work. Like shiny windup toys, his novels are diverting -- they're manically entertaining. (I gobbled up ''Timeline'' in a single sitting.) But like anything mechanical, they just end up repeating themselves. Whatever time Crichton is in, he's always writing the same book.
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