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End of An Era
End of An Era
Author: Robert J. Sawyer
Archaeologist Brandon Thackery and his rival Miles 'Klicks' Jordan fulfill a dinosaur lover's dream with history's first time-travel jaunt to the late Mesozoic. Hoping to solve the extinction mystery, they find Earth's gravity is only half its 21st century value and dinosaurs that behave very strangely. Could the slimey blue creatures from Mars ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312876937
ISBN-10: 0312876939
Publication Date: 10/19/2001
Pages: 252
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 15 ratings
Publisher: Tor Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Audio CD
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paxtonholley avatar reviewed End of An Era on + 67 more book reviews
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.
wmsuspence avatar reviewed End of An Era on + 31 more book reviews
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.
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Helpful Score: 1
Very strange, not in his normal style, but what a twist!
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Hophead avatar reviewed End of An Era on + 285 more book reviews
A fascinating exploration of the concept of causality in time travel. Sawyer does not disappoint.
SteveTheDM avatar reviewed End of An Era on + 204 more book reviews
So, a pair of bickering paleontologists climb into a time machine and head back to find out what they can about the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

What they find is OMG. Can't tell you. It's the most off the wall explanation of what killed off the dinosaurs I've ever heard. And at the end, it's all tidied up into the world of today.

So, pretty much fascinating. There was also a little bit of soul-searching in multiple timelines thing going on, but that's a bit awkward. This is early Sawyer, and it seems he was still working on how to flesh out his actors beyond the nifty science-style ideas.

4 of 5 stars.

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