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Mammoth
Mammoth
Author: John Varley
An intact wooly mammoth is discovered frozen in Canada. Huddled next to the huge creature is the mummified body of a Stone Age man around 12,000 years old. And he is wearing a wristwatch.
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ISBN-13: 9780441013357
ISBN-10: 044101335X
Publication Date: 5/30/2006
Pages: 352
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3.8 stars, based on 59 ratings
Publisher: Ace
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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I really enjoyed this book. Good characters and loved the mammoth, Little Fuzzy. I will read more by this author.
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As always, a great John Varley book - this one about time travel.

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This is one of the best time travel books I have ever read. I give this book 5 stars.
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Ok book. Enjoyable time paradox, somewhat annoying characters, didn't really connect with any of them, except the animals. The switch between the two story lines was a little hard to get used to because the writing styles were jarring in their differences. I liked it enough to keep going.
Some swearing, not much but with heavy swear words here and there.
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This was a great book. I really enjoyed it.

The story kept twisting and turning, giving me surprises every time, which was great. It starts with the title and the cover: "Mammoth," and a big picture of a woolly mammoth. My first thought was this was a book version of a Saturday Monster Movie, with a frozen mammoth like I've seen hundreds of times before. But then the back cover text provides the first twist: with that frozen mammoth is a dead human, frozen along side for 12,000 years, wearing a wristwatch.

This was not a straightforward book. This book had a story that twisted and turned, and surprised me every time I thought I had it figured out. And that made is a nonstop page turner. Lots of fun. Highly recommended.

5 of 5 stars.

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