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After more than two hundred years as a corpsicle, Jaybee Corbell awoke in someone else’s body and under threat of instant annihilation if he made a wrong move while they were training him for a one-way mission to the stars.
But Corbell bided his time and made his own move. Once he was outbound, where the society that ruled Earth could not reach him, he headed his starship toward the galactic core, where the unimaginable energies of the universe wrenched the fabric of time and space and promised final escape from his captors.
Then he returned to an Earth eons older than the one he’d left, a planet that had had three million years to develop perils he had never dreamed of—perils that became nightmares that he had to escape…somehow.
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"Most of the plot of this book takes place 3,000,000 years in the future in Antarctica. The main character, however, lived most of his life before 1970. Very creative. Silly in parts, but fascinating and well described as well. Includes some very colorful description of a journey to the center of the galaxy and close orbit around a supermassive black hole."
— Justin (4 out of 5 stars)
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“This fantastic novel is a mix of Niven hard science and a time-travel concept to boggle the mind…Even after the last line the feeling remains of the story still rushing on into the magic distance of the universe.”
— A. E. van Vogt, winner of the SFWA Grand Master Award -
“Niven rams this fantastic tale at the reader with taut authority, mixing hard science with mind-boggling concepts of time and space to give us a whole new kind of trip.”
— Publishers Weekly -
“Niven’s intoxicating concepts, ideas, scientific extrapolations, and exotic hardware bubble up from every page. Rich in imagination and astonishing in breadth…Will challenge the most sophisticated readers.”
— Booklist -
“Terrific fun!”
— Kirkus Reviews
A World out of Time Listener Reviews
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" Reading Joe Haldeman's latest, slightly disappointing, book reminded me of this one. Now this here is a time travel novel! "
— Craig, 2/4/2014 -
" I like the hard science; especially the bit about moving a planet and the ram-scoop ships. But, the plot is a little far reaching for less than 300 pages. "
— Rob, 1/31/2014 -
" Niven is always good at the Hard science fiction. Very cool far future stuff with an enormous scale. Charactors are not the strongest, but compelling enough to get you through to the good bits. "
— Jake, 1/6/2014 -
" 1970s sexual politics (or lack of, Girls dominate Boys and almost destroy the earth) it's a fun read but uneven and a bit bitsy. Like the Bussard ramjets though! "
— Ian, 1/2/2014 -
" I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Larry Nevin is a favorite author of mine. He has a lively imagination and a very sysinct writing style. "
— Dodie, 12/28/2013 -
" My first book from Larry Niven. I tend to enjoy hard sci-fi and Niven didn't disappoint. Very fast moving for the genre too, which was a pleasant surprise. "
— Joel, 12/26/2013 -
" A classic of 70's sci-fi. Big ideas strong prose and hard science. "
— Dev, 11/24/2013 -
" Yet another post-apocalyptic pulp SF novel. Not much here to recommend. "
— Caleb, 11/21/2013 -
" Enjoyable, if a little silly. Light reading, no amazing moral overtones here, but still interesting. "
— Barrett, 11/20/2013 -
" Four stars for the beginning, one star for the rest of it... "
— Rhiannon, 10/7/2013 -
" A novel that tells a complete, compelling, entertaining story in about 250 pages? What was Mr. Niven thinking!?! "
— John, 8/11/2013 -
" Read this too long ago to remember much about it, except for the "cat-tails." "
— Cliff, 8/3/2013 -
" It almost seems that the plot mostly exists to display the sci-fi concepts to the reader, but it was still enough to keep me reading long into the night. "
— Will, 7/30/2013 -
" Very intriguing book.... What would happen if found yourself landing on earth. You have traveed about 30yrs your time, but, 1 million years has pssed on earth!!! "
— James, 6/1/2013 -
" I can't put a finger on exactly why, but this is my favourite book of all time. Where's the sixth rating star? "
— Justine, 4/27/2013 -
" TL;DR: Man takes a nap and then a quick trip around the galactic core and now everything is fucked up. "
— Chip, 3/4/2013 -
" A very odd book but very interesting. It's a very imaginative look at a potential distant future. "
— Battlecat, 2/6/2013 -
" I give this five stars because of the first time I read it. I was in high school and at the time thought it was the most incredible thing I'd ever read. It is the book that is most responsible for propelling me into the world of science fiction. "
— Urg, 12/10/2012 -
" Niven writes well enough to make a fluffy, forgettable story a better read than average. But this isn't a great book by any stretch. "
— Mason, 9/29/2012 -
" Another very entertaining read from Larry Niven. This one you'll have to find in a used book store. "
— Jeremy, 5/5/2012 -
" I had read this book years before and it was not half as good as I had remembered it being. "
— Allen, 2/27/2012
About Larry Niven
Larry Niven is the multiple Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Award–winning author of science fiction short stories and novels, including the Ringworld series, as well as many other science fiction masterpieces. His Footfall, coauthored with Jerry Pournelle, was a New York Times bestseller.
About Tom Weiner
Tom Weiner, a dialogue director and voice artist best known for his roles in video games and television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Transformers, is the winner of eight Earphones Awards and is an Audie Award finalist. He is a former member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.