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The isle of time
The book gets right to the point without a lot of drawn out set up time. Bam we're in the Bronze Age! I think this a pretty cool concept. I like the characters, just average joes in an unimaginable situation. It is interesting to see how they adapt. I also love seeing the ancient world and cultures through the eyes of modern man.
Ok this is a time travel book. ,There are things i don't like about time travel books. One, all the paradoxes can get confusing. Two, ,there are a compli ...more
The book gets right to the point without a lot of drawn out set up time. Bam we're in the Bronze Age! I think this a pretty cool concept. I like the characters, just average joes in an unimaginable situation. It is interesting to see how they adapt. I also love seeing the ancient world and cultures through the eyes of modern man.
Ok this is a time travel book. ,There are things i don't like about time travel books. One, all the paradoxes can get confusing. Two, ,there are a compli ...more
Island in the Sea of Time - S. M. Stirling (DNF)
Science fiction; book 1 of the Island in Time series.
I thought the premise of this book - that some unexplained phenomenon sends Nantucket Island back approximately 3000 years in the past - was fascinating, but I got bogged down in the reading of the book. I really liked the parts on Nantucket as people tried to prepare for winter and the more distant future without their technology, but found that trading voyage off to Europe to be more of a strug ...more
Science fiction; book 1 of the Island in Time series.
I thought the premise of this book - that some unexplained phenomenon sends Nantucket Island back approximately 3000 years in the past - was fascinating, but I got bogged down in the reading of the book. I really liked the parts on Nantucket as people tried to prepare for winter and the more distant future without their technology, but found that trading voyage off to Europe to be more of a strug ...more
Very interesting premise. Great idea and the interpersonal and inter-group conflicts seemed well fleshed out. I liked the flow of the story and while there wasn't enough character development for my liking it was still a very good book. The only thing that somewhat started to irritate me was the fact that the one couple that we got to see the most intimate scenes of was Marian / Swindapa. While I have nothing against lesbians I'd have liked an equal amount of page time (and intimacy) for other c
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Dec 05, 2009
Angela Randall
marked it as to-read
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John
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Gaijinmama
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Karigan
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May 20, 2017
Ann
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