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An edition of Timeline (1999)

Timeline

First Ballantine Books International Edition

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.5 (54 ratings) ·
  • 160 Want to read
  • 9 Currently reading
  • 75 Have read

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, bold advances in technology exceed all expectations. Computers are built from single molecules. Information moves instantly with no wires or networks. Even moments from the past can be actualized. Now, suddenly, a group of historians have literally entered life in fourteenth-century feudal France. And the world may never be the same again.

Not since Jurassic Park has Michael Crichton given us such a magnificent adventure. Here the science of the future collides head-on with the complex realities of the medieval past. In a gripping-heart-stopping narrative, TIMELINE carries us into a realm of unexpected suspense and danger. overturning our most basic ideas of what is possible...
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Language
English
Pages
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Subjects

Fiction, Hundertja hriger Krieg, Wissenschaftler, Historians, Quantum theory, Zeitreise, Time travel, History, Historiadores, Teoría cuántica, Science Fiction, Teleportation, HistoriaViajes a través del tiempo, Thriller, Suspense fiction, Adventure stories, Social life and customs, Ficción, Technology, Twenty-first century, Hundertjähriger Krieg, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Fiction, technological, Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction, Large type books, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, thrillers, technological

People

Andre Marek, Kate Erikson, Chris Hughes, Edward Johnston, David Stern, Lord Oliver, Lady Claire, Guy de Malegant, Rob Deckard, Arnaut de Cervole

Places

France, United States, Francia, England, Arizona, New Mexico, Dordogne, Castelgard, La Roque

Times

XXI century, 14th century

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Cover of: Prisonniers du temps
Prisonniers du temps
2001, Éd. France loisirs
Hardcover in French - Edicion du Club France Loisirs
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Timeline
2000-11, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Ballantine Books Canadian Edition (1)
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Timeline
2000, BCA
Hardcover in English
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Prisonniers du temps: roman
2000-05, Le Grand livre du mois
Paperback in French
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Timeline
2000-11, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st Ballantine Books domestic edition (12)
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Timeline
2000 06, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - First Ballantine Books International Edition
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Timeline
1999, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - First Trade Edition
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Timeline
1999, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - First Trade Edition
Cover of: Timeline
Timeline
1999, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - 1st Trade Edition
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Timeline
1999, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - First Trade Edition
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Timeline
1999, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - 1st Trade Edition

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Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
New York, USA
Copyright Date
1999

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
xii, 496 p. ;
Number of pages
496

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26644005M
ISBN 10
0345439074
ISBN 13
9780345439079
OCLC/WorldCat
263455779, 473541250
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0345439074
Goodreads
9911303

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Work Description

Timeline is a science fiction novel by American writer Michael Crichton, his twelfth under his own name and twenty-second overall, published in November 1999. It tells the story of a group of history students who travel to 14th-century France to rescue their professor. The book follows in Crichton's long history of combining science, technical details, and action in his books, this time addressing quantum and multiverse theory.

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