Michael Crichton - Timeline

Pros: A diverting story of swordplay and derring-do in the Middle Ages!
Cons: Scientific inconsistencies spoil the overall theme. This is sci-fi, after all!

What a shame!Compared with Crichton's past stellar work and exciting accomplishments like "Jurassic Park" and "The Andromeda Strain", "Timeline" is a derivative, pedestrian work riddled with ...

Pros: Excellent juxtaposition of modern science and medieval times
Cons: Could have used more character development

Michael Crichton is one of my favorite writers. He always does his research and mixes exciting fiction with up-to-date science. From "The Andromeda Strain", "Terminal Man" through "Jurassic Park", Crichton has managed to entertain us while also...

Pros: Lots of action, would make a great movie
Cons: Written as if it were going to be made into a movie

I am into anything to do with knights, castles, and the whole medieval thing. Therefore, Timeline was a must-read for me. Most fantasy novels are junk, and follow the same boring formula about rescues and evil wizards. Timeline is different.
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Pros: Lots of history and science mark this Crichton thriller...
Cons: ...that unfortunately suffers from bad pacing and other problems

Michael Crichton may do more research and impart more knowledge in one of his novels than any popular writer since James Michener. The similarity ends there. Suspense usually drives Crichton’s stories while Michener’s tended to be lush productions made...

Pros: Fun story with a new twist on time travel.
Cons: Most telling: too many characters with not enough development.

TIMELINE by Michael Crichton is another fine science-fiction-history/modern-civilization-critique much like his other great stuff like Jurassic Park, The Eaters of the Dead, etc. Crichton consistently gives us stories that stretch the...

Pros: Some innovative ideas
Cons: Lame story telling, not gripping enough

Introduction Michael Crichton was introduced into my radar when I first saw Jurassic Park and was enthralled by it. I immediately decided to check out the book. Unfortunately, I have not yet been able to check that book, but instead got a ...

Pros: nice historic detail
Cons: large plot holes, strained credibility re: scientific explanations, poor character development

I've often wondered when Michael Crichton's fifteen minutes of fame will be over. He's one of those authors I just don't understand what the fuss is about. Granted, he's inventive and his novels translate well into action movies, but that's mainly...

Pros: Interesting premise, fast-moving
Cons: Cardboard characters, violence not believable

I was prepared to like this story, I really was. An acquaintance with whom I share many interests had recommended it in glowing terms. She’d also specifically recommended the audio-tape version.

I am a newcomer to fiction audio tapes. When it...

Pros: Crichton's best-selling formula is unblemished by originality
Cons: Reads like an action comic book without pictures

Doesn't all of this sound familiar? A crazed genius/tycoon uses an incredibly advanced science for the secret motive of reaping billions in that most lucrative and toxic of all businesses--the theme park business... gasp!

He...

Pros: Fun, interesting plot
Cons: Characters not fleshed out fully

Quantum Mechanics, time travel and 14th century France. Now that is quite a combination of themes.

Only recently have I become a fan of Michael Crichton. I picked up Jurassic Park when the movie came out and was hooked. Ok, JP and Lost World,...

Pros: Realistic presentation, lots of action and suspense
Cons: A little slow starting and dry to begin with.

Why am I writing a review of this book when there are already so many? I really can't say for sure. I guess I just want to voice my own thoughts about it.

The beginning of the story is a little dry and technical for my taste, as the author...

Pros: Fascinating, Time Travel, Believable
Cons: None

I will love science fiction until the day I die. Perhaps it's because science fiction shows us the possibilities of what could be or could have been. The possibilities of time travel have always fascinated me ever since I first saw Back To The Future...

Pros: Well-researched.
Cons: Hopelessly predictable, gets ahead of itself and neglects character development.

I guess its only expected that the king of literary sell-outs would turn out something as boring and predictable as the unremarkably formulaic Timeline. Only intermittently engaging, Cricton’s latest yarn once again proves that he has settled...

Pros: Exciting, fast-paced, plausible
Cons: Creditable situations and mile-wide holes in the plot

When Steven Spielberg decided to invest in The Lost World, the cinematic sequel to Michael Crichton's blockbuster dinosaur epic Jurassic Park, he should have waited, and not his wasted his money and our time. That's because Crichton's latest bestseller,...

Pros: Easy reading and gripping
Cons: The people are flat and the storyline far-fetched

I am not a fan of science fiction. When I see that a book has been written by the author of ‘Jurassic Park’ I would not bother even picking it up. However my husband came home from work the other day with ‘Timeline’ which had been lent to him by a...