I read this book in about a week.
I really enjoy time travel stories. This story was not a dissapointment. It is always very interesting to see different perspectives on time travel. This perspective is unique, as in I have not heard anything similar to theories that have been created in this book.
I found the future a bit far fetched and not what I would expect, so it was an unexpected surprise. The action in the story was sparce, and kind of predictable. But about halfway through the story a character is introduced and the story takes more of a romantic/scientific/anticreationist view to the world we live in. I don't agree with what the author was saying with this story, but it was fun to read. I needed to find out what happened in the end.
The author Joe Haldeman is a science fiction writer. The book was published in 2007. the book is written in plain english, with refernce to math and physics on occasion (its not necessary to understand to enjoy the story).
I did a search on time travel books that were recommended on amazon.ca and this was one of the top picks that caught my eye.
The story had some swearing in it, not unreasonable for the situations that the characters were placed in. The message of the story dispelled religion and any such belief in creationism. The laws of physics and math were what made the most sense for the characters in this book to believe in. There is a short and innocent exploration of sex at a point in the story that was descriptive but not crude.
I reccomend this story to the sci-fi time traveler enthusiast. But make note that the story should be intended for more of a mature reader.
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