Timescape Audiobook

" One of the few books ever that I didn't finish. Scientists in the future trying to send a message to the past with tachyons. I never got into it. Basically, I didn't care if the message was ever received. Waste of time. "

" I loved this book but it took a while to develop the plot and characters. I loved this book but I have a hunch that not many people will agree with me. The reason I say this is that this book is dense with hard physics and leaps of non-intuitive logic. It can be hard to fully enjoy the book if one doesn't take the time necessary to think things through. Add to that characters that are mostly unsympathetic and a vague and probably relatively depressing ending, it is not a fun summer read. But if you do enjoy science and time travel paradoxes, and you do enjoy reading about people who are real in both their strengths and their failings, and you're willing to put the time and effort to immerse yourself in the language of the book, I think it's definitely worth your while. "

" Raises all sorts of interesting questions, but leaves them mostly unresolved, disappointingly. "

" Latero. Latero. MUY latero. "

" Interesting. I liked the concept and I loved the unique take on time paradoxes, but I had a lot of trouble getting through this book for some reason. Anyway, read it if you're as in to time travel as I am, otherwise I'd probably skip it. "

" Overly long, with nuggets of forward motion buried in pages of prose. Still, a masterpiece of ideas. "

" This tale of future (at the time the book was published) scientists struggling to prevent an environmental disaster spoke to my idealist, liberal, college girl heart while at the same time scratching my time travel itch. Fun stuff, although I'm not sure it would hold up well if I re-read it now. "

" The first book I read by Benford. A very clever conceit at the heart of it all. "

" an interesting book, trying to show how the world evolves day by day. scientists are trying to communicate with future&past which should explain technology as it is. "

" Did not care for it at all...interesting concept but misogynistic writing and weak characters. Nearly threw it across the airplane when it ended rather like James Joyce's "The Dead." Review at blog.juliebihn.com "

" An interesting read if you like the Arthur Clarke style of hard sci-fi. The book shows its age, since it was written in 1980 about a future 1998. "

" This is a recommendation. I'm going off into time again! This has a very (albeit dated - sorry) plot. Two time dimensions are discussed. A bit too much character development, for me, however. But, it all resolves in the end. "

" Couldn't finish it. Life is too short. I've read other stuff by Benford and enjoyed it, but not this one. "

" I'm sure I read this book. I'm almost sure I finished it. I can tell you very little about it, as it was not very memorable. "

" Hard science mixed with time travel. "Good Read." "

" above-average, if ultimately forgettable fiction "

" Captures the feel of an experimental physics lab very well. Not that every day is this exciting of course :-) "

" Hard Science Fiction. I love learning something about current scientific theory at the same time as reading a great story. This was a dense tome, but worth the read. "

" Couldn't finish it. Life is too short. I've read other stuff by Benford and enjoyed it, but not this one. "

" Though slow in parts I thought it was fascinating and I loved the little twists in our history as we know it. "

" typical "hard sci fi" fare: interesting ideas delivered with all the literary flair of a hefty lump of 2x4. "

" If this is the book I'm thinking of, it was interesting -- I still remember the "red sea" and the struggle to communicate over time. "

" One of the few books I didn't finish. Never got into the plot. "

" One of the few books ever that I didn't finish. Scientists in the future trying to send a message to the past with tachyons. I never got into it. Basically, I didn't care if the message was ever received. Waste of time. "

" An interesting read if you like the Arthur Clarke style of hard sci-fi. The book shows its age, since it was written in 1980 about a future 1998. "