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5.0�toiles sur 5 Excellent sequel to Wells' masterpiece, Jui 15 2003

Par	Ian Watts (Charleston, SC USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

As a life-long fan of H.G. Wells, I must say that I avoided picking up Baxter's book for several years. I doubted that anyone could seriously improve upon the original novel. When I came across a relatively undamaged copy of "The Time Ships" in a used bookstore, though, I finally decided to give it a try. Needless to say, I became so engrossed in the story that I finished the five hundred plus page book in three days. Although Stephen Baxter appears to be a scientist by training, he is much better at seizing and maintaining the reader's attention than many authors I have recently read. While continuing the narrative voice of Wells' Victorian Time Traveller, Baxter radically expands the scope and depth of the original universe, incorporating many modern ideas about causality, parallel worlds, and quantum mechanics. The fact he does so without overwhelming the reader but instead inspiring a genuine sense of wonder and awe is an achievement in and of itself. Baxter also makes a number of allusions to Wells' other fiction, including the use of Plattnerite, land ironclads, and a vision of nuclear and conventional warfare between Britain and Germany in the first half of the twentieth century, all of which are amusing to those of us who recognize them as the story progresses. In the end Baxter doesn't so much surpass Wells as simply take the original tale to a whole new level, extending and reinterpreting it for a twenty-first century audience.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Excellent read, Mai 29 2002

Par	Puffin "Puffin" (London England) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This is simply an excellent book, I like the way Baxter has striven to mold his story in the way HG Wells would have gone about it, with the benefit of modern views on the universe added in.

I especially admire the alternate view of the 20th century wars with a single war lasting 30 or so years... this is not so far from the truth in our version of history.

The end bit is a bit weird but I liked it, anyway.

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1.0�toiles sur 5 Why did you bother Stephen?, Mars 15 2002

Par	David Owen (Australia) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This is my third SB novel, after 'Ring' and 'Titan' and I'm
truly sorry, but I don't know what all the fuss is about.

SB is heralded by New Scientist and no less than Arthur C Clarke
as the next new talent, but I'm at a loss to see why.

'Ring' was completely flat character-wise, 'Titan' a depressing
derge full of more science, descriptive dialog and little else,
and while 'The Time ships' may have been a valiant effort at a
tribute to H.G. why make a novel out of it?

The original story has it's place in SF history, and should be left there.
I don't see how anyone could possibly bring those old cardboard
characters and speculations about time-travel into the modern
era, and make a success of it. SB certainly didn't.

And ACC's quote...."The Time Ships is the most outstanding work of
imaginative fiction since Stapledon's 'Last and First Men'....."
(taken out of context) is just a complete joke !!

Probably the reason why SB gets such rave reviews from New Scientist,
is because he really knows his science, but that alone does not a novel make.

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2.0�toiles sur 5 A Tight Story
It appears to me by reading this 535page novel... Baxter's whole intention was to close other minds to his philosophy of thinking... For instance, anyone who is an H.G. Lisez davantage

Publi� le Janv. 26 2002 par sirtovin

5.0�toiles sur 5 Imaginative
I had a great time reading this book. Steven Baxter tries to keep some of the characters (Weena, Morlocks, the narrator) and some of the plot, I guess maybe not to (upset) a lot... Lisez davantage

Publi� le D�c 26 2001 par Kenneth James Michael MacLean

4.0�toiles sur 5 An excellent time travel story!
I read this book in no time at all. It flowed together perfectly. The way Baxter writes, it makes you want to see what happens next. Lisez davantage