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May 1975. St. Louis. In a snow-swept street, a cop finds the body of a man who died fifty years ago. It's still warm. July 1866, Lidice, Bohemia: A teenage girl calmly watches her parents die as another being takes control of her body. August 2058, Prague: Three political rebels flee in to the past, taking with them a terrible secret. As past, present, and future collide, one man holds the key to the puzzle. And if he doesn't fit it together, the world he knows will fall to pieces. It's just A Matter of Time!
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Needed Just A Bit More Work, Aug 19 2006
By Marc Ruby™ "The Noh Hare™" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Matter of Time (Paperback)
It should be obvious by now that I'm a serious fan of Glen Cook's work. Whether it's the Black Company or a detective in TunFaire or his other, wide reaching works. But into each oeuvre some rain must fall and, unfortunately, A Matter of Time is a book that should have been better. And in the competitive science fiction markets of the 1980's it quickly fell by the wayside.On a late night in St. Louis detective Norman Cash and his partner find themselves with a body. Still warm on a snowy night the only footprints are the corpses. The more Cash investigates the worse the problem becomes especially when he identifies the dead man as a small time crook who disappeared 50 years ago. And who is Anya Groloch, the old woman who has apparently lived there for a very, very long time.
The story takes place in three times -- 2058, when an accident propels four scientists of an oppressive state through time and probability, -- 1866, when they begin their trek back into the future determined to influence the events to come, and 1975, where the crisis that will shape the future is set to happen.
The story is intricate, and full or temporal twists, but it never seems to gel. The plot is good, the characters are interesting, but the writing is more distracted than Cook's usual standard, and never makes contact with the reader. Even so, it's and interesting volume that should please most of Glen Cook's fans. If you find a used copy at a decent price, pick it up -- Cook at his worst is still well above the current standard for popular fiction.
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Great Book, May 2 2000
By David Gutshall - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Matter of Time (Paperback)
"A Matter of Time" is a time travel mystery set in the 1970's. As far as I am aware this is the only Cook novel set (for the most part) in contemporary Earth. However, Cook maintains his style of far flung plots converging in a satisfying conclusion. And, of course, this book has the "grey reality of loss" feel that is the authors trademark. If you can find the book I would highly recommend it, especially for long time Cook fans.
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A waste of time, May 3 2012
By Dkveragas - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Matter of Time (Paperback)
I am a long time Cook fan and looked forward to reading his sf instead of his fantasy. Unfortunately I was grossly disappointed with this book.It had great potential and at points leads you to believe it will be great, only it never gets to that point overall. The whole storyline is somewhat confusing and the ending, which I forced myself, still hoping, to get to is a major disappointment.
I wonder how many people picked this up as their introduction o Cook, only to miss out on his excellent other titles and series?
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