Timeline, Michael Crichton
Timeline, Michael Crichton
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Timeline

Author: Michael Crichton

Narrator: Stephen Lang

Abridged: 6 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/04/2000

Synopsis

In an Arizona desert a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only known associates. Halfway around the world archaeologists make a shocking discovery at a medieval site. Suddenly they are swept off to the headquarters of a secretive multinational corporation that has developed an astounding technology. Now this group is about to get a chance not to study the past but to enter it. And with history opened to the present, the dead awakened to the living, these men and women will soon find themselves fighting for their very survival--six hundred years ago. . . .

About Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton (1942-2008) was the author of the bestselling novels The Terminal Man, The Great Train Robbery, Jurassic Park, Sphere, Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear, Next and Dragon Teeth, among many others. His books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into forty languages, and have provided the basis for fifteen feature films. He wrote and directed Westworld, The Great Train Robbery, Runaway, Looker, Coma and created the hit television series ER. Crichton remains the only writer to have a number one book, movie, and TV show in the same year.Daniel H. Wilson is a Cherokee citizen and author of the New York Times bestselling Robopocalypse and its sequel Robogenesis, as well as ten other books. He recently wrote the Earth 2: Society comic book series for DC Comics. Wilson earned a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as master’s degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. He has published over a dozen scientific papers and holds four patents. Wilson lives in Portland, Oregon.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Dustine on 2009-06-05 01:49:59

I love this story. I never tire of listening just one more time. It has adventure, moving into adifferent time, danger.. Wow, it has it all. This abridged version is quite abridged and a bit disappointing after having heard it unabridged. It misses 5 stars only because it is abridged. I've just written Booksfree an email asking them to add the unabridged version to the library. That said, I encourage anyone to finish this story and not find themself pondering what if.. a week later.

Goodreads review by Henry on March 25, 2024

In the world of pseudoscience, the subject of time travel is always entertaining , fascinating and downright shall we say, fun...Imagine going back to any year, in the distant, obscure past, (reachable now )...taking a peek, looking around the corner , at the mysteries, seeing actual situations and......more

Goodreads review by Emily on February 09, 2022

(3.75) This was part of my "One Week, One Shelf" challenge which helps me read books I've forgotten about. This was fun and light albeit heavy on the science at times as all of his books tend to be. I don't know how historically accurate it is but it was an entertaining time travelling book. (Okay, a......more

Goodreads review by Ken on January 09, 2019

Having enjoyed Jurassic Park, I wanted to read more Crichton. Timeline now being the second novel of he’s that I’ve read. What I found most fascinating were the complete flip between the two stories, as in Jurassic Park its about being the past being brought to the present. Whereas Timeline is very m......more

Goodreads review by Space on April 10, 2013

This was the first Crichton novel I read, which is probably to his advantage. I knew it was fiction, so I was able to pick it up and cruise right through it. Had I started on The Andromeda Strain, or Airframe, I might have thought he was a non-fiction writer and not given him a proper chance. As it......more

Goodreads review by TheBookWarren on July 27, 2023

4.50 ⭐️— One might sunnies this excellent, detailed & tension-laden SciFi suspense Novel ‘A Daring Leap Through Time’ — As this was the first sentence that came to mind when I first pondered this review, a week ago! I needed that time to cogitate on how best to portray this superb piece of storytell......more

Quotes

"COMPULSIVE READING . . . BRILLIANTLY IMAGINED."
--Los Angeles Times

"EXCITING . . . CLASSIC ADVENTURE . . . [A] SWASHBUCKLING NOVEL . . . CRICHTON DELIVERS."
--USA Today

"MORE SCREAMS PER PAGE . . . THAN JURASSIC PARK AND THE LOST WORLD COMBINED. . . . THE PACE WILL LEAVE MANY BREATHLESSLY GRASPING FOR OXYGEN MASKS."
--San Diego Union-Tribune

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