The Time Ships

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  • Well worth the time to read  

    The Time Ships (Paperback)
    HG Wells told his original time travel tale in just over a hundred pages. Baxter Took nearly 600 pages to spin his sequel. This is the only complaint I have for Time Ships. The story is believable. The characters were believable, meaning They Seemed
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  • A definite must-read for any true sci-fi reader  

    The Time Ships (Paperback)
    This is the first time I have ever read Stephen Baxter, and already I am anxious for more of his work. This book which probably one of - if not the - most imaginative sci-fi novels I have ever read. It starts out with the Time Traveller, Determined t
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  • Baxter's romp through HG Wells' universe  

    The Time Ships (Paperback)
    A sequel to "The Time Machine" - the first great science fiction novella ever written and still a classic all Further Works Must Be Compared To - has oft been tried. Usually without any success. Not here. Baxter's romp through the universe Wells
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  • A worthy successor to the original  

    The Time Ships (Paperback)
    "The Time Ships" is a stunning novel, Both in style and substance. Baxter captures the innocent, rollicking tone of the original while adding a healthy dose of contemporary science. Granted, the invented time-traveling substance he invents here
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  • A worthy sequal  

    The Time Ships (Paperback)
    Writing sequels to the works of others is always a risky business. Authors, by Their nature, want to stamp Their works with Their Own style, Which is Precisely what you do not wanna do When someone elses work expanding. This is doubly true for someth
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  • One of the top 2-3 sci-fi books I've read  

    The Time Ships (Paperback)
    Reading the notes of the people below who did not like it, I guess I can understand why They would feel that way: The plot is really just a series of (almost accidental) Adventures of the main character traveling though time, finding himself in the s
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  • A classic, in any sense of the word  

    The Time Ships (Paperback)
    Though being on ardent sc-fi fan, I have never read Time Machine by HG Wells, so When I started this book, I Approached it with a bit of trepidation. I thought I was stepping into the deep end, and I would be hopelessly lost. I was wrong. and more wr
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  • Up and down the time-line  

    The Time Ships (Paperback)
    An absolutely great read. From some of the lower-rated reviews listed here, I was expecting to be disappointed, but to my surpise I was Treated to a ripping yarn as well as on intellectual exhibition revolving around the Time Traveller of HG Wells' "
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  • You just have to read this book.  

    The Time Ships (Paperback)
    The Following quote is not mine, but it bears repeating: "This book reminds me why I started reading science fiction." The story, written to commemorate the 100th anniversary of HG Wells's "The Time Machine", picks up where the origina
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