Helpful Score: 4
I'm really starting to enjoy Robert Sawyer's books. This is the second book of his I have read. I started with Flash Forward (which is also fantastic).
This book starts in the future. Scientists have discovered a way to time travel, but can only go into the distant past because the energy levels needed to travel into the past decrease exponentially the further back in time you go. So scientists are sent back to study dinosaurs and find out how they became extinct. What they find out about the past is shocking. I was really surprised how much I enjoyed this story. I read almost the entire book on a flight back to Florida from California. Very fast paced, entertaining read. I would recommend it to any fan of sci-fi and time travel stories.
This book starts in the future. Scientists have discovered a way to time travel, but can only go into the distant past because the energy levels needed to travel into the past decrease exponentially the further back in time you go. So scientists are sent back to study dinosaurs and find out how they became extinct. What they find out about the past is shocking. I was really surprised how much I enjoyed this story. I read almost the entire book on a flight back to Florida from California. Very fast paced, entertaining read. I would recommend it to any fan of sci-fi and time travel stories.
Helpful Score: 2
So far I haven't found a Sawyer I haven't enjoyed and the twist in this one tops them all. Evidence of dinsaurs has been discovered as has time travel. A group goes back to try and solve one of our great mysterys. They finally do by finding evidence of other life superior to ours.
The description of the various dinosaurs is excellent and all the characters seem quite real. I also found out a few facts about the past such as the level of oxygen was quite different. There's a touch of Jurassic park in this as good, at the least.
Plus, I just love time travel and dinos.
The description of the various dinosaurs is excellent and all the characters seem quite real. I also found out a few facts about the past such as the level of oxygen was quite different. There's a touch of Jurassic park in this as good, at the least.
Plus, I just love time travel and dinos.
Helpful Score: 1
Very strange, not in his normal style, but what a twist!
