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by Arthur C. Clarke (Author), Stephen Baxter (Author) "For thirty million years the planet had cooled and dried, until, in the north, ice sheets gouged at the continents ..." (more)

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Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Del Rey (Jan 13 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345452488
ISBN-13: 978-0345452481
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 2.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 658 g

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

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Sir Arthur C. Clarke may be the greatest science fiction writer in the world; certainly, he's the best-known, not least because he wrote the novel and coauthored the screenplay of 2001: A Space Odyssey. He's also the only SF writer to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize or to be knighted by Her Majesty Elizabeth II. This god of SF has twice collaborated with one of the best SF writers to emerge in the 1990s, Stephen Baxter, winner of the British SF Award, the Locus Award, and the Philip K. Dick Award. Their first collaboration is the novel The Light of Other Days. Their second is the novel Time's Eye: Book One of a Time Odyssey.

As the subtitle indicates, Time's Eye is the first book of a series intended to do for time what 2001 did for space. Does Time's Eye succeed in this goal? No. In 2001, humanity discovers a mysterious monolith on the moon, triggering a signal that astronauts pursue to one of the moons of Jupiter. In Time's Eye, mysterious satellites appear all around the Earth and scramble time, bringing together an ape-woman; twenty- first-century soldiers and astronauts; nineteenth-century British and Indian soldiers; and the armies of Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great. The characters march around in search of other survivors, then clash in epic battle. It's not until the end that the novel returns to the mystery of the tiny, eye-like satellites (and doesn't solve it). In other words, the plot of Time's Eye is a nearly 300-page digression, and 2001 fans expecting exploration of the scientific enigma and examination of the meaning of existence will be disappointed. However, fans of rousing and well-written transtemporal adventure in the tradition of S.M. Stirling's novel Island in the Sea of Time will enjoy Time's Eye. --Cynthia Ward

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Clarke, with Baxter (Coalescent), probably the most talented of the former's several collaborators, have cooked up an exciting tale full of high-tech physics, military tactics and larger-than-life characters in the first of two novels related to the bestselling senior author's Space Odyssey series. In an awesome and unexplained catastrophe, the earth has been literally diced and put back together again. Each of the segments of terrain (and you can actually see the dividing lines between them) comes from a different era, some of them millions of years apart. As the novel opens, a 19th-century British army company, stationed on the Afghan-Pakistani border, captures an Australopithecine mother and child, just as a team of 21st-century U.N. peacekeepers crash their helicopter nearby. Later they join forces with Alexander the Great. Simultaneously, a Soyuz descent vehicle, having just left the International Space Station, crash-lands in the middle of Genghis Khan's army. Eventually, the armies of Alexander and the Khan converge on Babylon, the last remaining large city in Eurasia and a titanic battle seems imminent. Fans of 2001: A Space Odyssey will have fun with the many references to that earlier novel. Although not flawless, this is probably the best book to appear with Clarke's name on it in a decade.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best book by Clarke in years, Oct 25 2007

By	Howard Cooper (Quebec, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Time's Eye (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is bloody brilliant. Yeah, it lags a bit in the middle, but not for long and a little perserverance will reward the reader. There are sections of writing in this book as good as anything that Clarke has EVER written. The final battle scene is amazing. My heart was pounding! Don't miss it!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good enough to keep me interested..., Jul 20 2004

By	"azkuke" (Cave Creek, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

I agree with the previous reviewer that indicated a good beginning, good end, but lacking in the middle. The beginning had me very intrigued by the mysterious events unfolding and the mix of characters, both historical and fictitious. However, the story & characters seem to drag a bit after that, with too much emphasis on historical data and detail. The very end does pick up in excitement, as we finally get some clue as to the nature & purpose of the hovering spheres/eyes.

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4.0 out of 5 stars It's Clarke, trust him..., Jul 19 2004

By	Jonathan Plant (Ocala, FL United States) - See all my reviews

I will confess I've never read anything by Stephen Baxter. Then again, I'd never read anything by Gentry Lee when I sat down to read the Rama series. On the other hand, if Clarke writes something I will, eventually, read it.
Time's Eye is a solid book. I enjoyed reading it and couldn't help but muse over what the second installment would bring. Although some of the character development is less than might be expected, the less developed personalities tend to be a means to an end as opposed to someone the reader should be investing time understanding their motivation.
The story is quick paced and somewhat more introductory than a stand-alone Clarke book.
A love of history is helpful when reading Time's Eye, since a good portion of the characters have been dead for several centuries. The exploits of Alexander the Great and Ghengis Khan through the eyes of twenty-first and eighteenth century charcters was the most intriguing part of the story.
Those who come looking for a space adventure may be disappointed. There are a few scenes in space, but again, a means to and end and not a pivotal event.
In all, Time's Eye does not disapoint. After all it is Arthur C. Clarke, I think we can trust him by now.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not up to Clarke standards
I've been a huge Arthur C. Clarke fan for years, and also enjoy Stephen Baxter. However - this book begins as a thinly disguised attempt at promoting the author(s)' political... Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars Time As An Onion
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Published on Jun 21 2004 by Martin Asiner

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Beginning...
Times Eye has some of the style of 2001, A Space Odyessy, but moves more slowly. It almost seems that these two great writers are having difficulty merging their styles. Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars Seems as though some pages were lost....
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