Time's Eye
Time Odyssey, Book 1
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John Lee
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Scattered across the planet are floating silver orbs impervious to all weapons and impossible to communicate with. Are these technologically advanced devices responsible for creating and sustaining the rifts in time? Are they cameras through which inscrutable alien eyes are watching? Or are they something stranger and more terrifying still?
The answer may lie in the ancient city of Babylon, where two groups of refugees from 2037 - three cosmonauts returning to Earth from the International Space Station, and three United Nations peacekeepers on a mission in Afghanistan - have detected radio signals: the only such signals on the planet, apart from their own. The peacekeepers find allies in nineteenth-century British troops and in the armies of Alexander the Great. The astronauts, crash-landed in the steppes of Asia, join forces with the Mongol horde led by Genghis Khan. The two sides set out for Babylon, each determined to win the race for knowledge...and the power that lies within.
Yet the real power is beyond human control, perhaps even human understanding. As two great armies face off before the gates of Babylon, it watches, waiting.
©2005 Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Stuart
- 19-07-08
Could not put down for a moment.
This is the first audio book I've listened to and I am so happy I did. From the moment it began I didn't want to stop listening. The story its self is amazing and it is read perfectly. As soon as it finished I downloaded part two of this series and I am about to get the third. If you enjoy science fiction or just a plot that will leave you wanting for more this is definitely an ideal listen.
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- carl
- 13-01-18
Second time reading
And I think it's better, great idea, great premis I'd find it hard to pick fault
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- Neil Critchley
- 12-01-23
really worth a listen
A strange story of a new found mixed up world from the multiverse set with the greatest comitters to genocide the world have ever seen
as usual your not seeing the big picture from Arthur C Clarke like why did it happen and is is God? But a good listen and a nice story well read
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Alan
- 10-03-13
Classic
I've read many AC Clarke books, and this is amongst the most riveting. I like the subtle connection to 2001. I am really looking forward to the next two books.
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- Ruaidhri
- 31-12-21
Absurd but fun.
Absurd at times, but great imaginative fun. If you want a book where the monument builders from 2001 decide to troll humans by fracturing time on earth and have a Alexander the Great face Genghis Khan at Babylon, this is the book for you.
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- mrs S
- 14-03-22
Great sci-fi escapism
I was drawn into this story with its colourful characters and their dilemmas. Loved Alexander the great and his advisor. The narrator was great to listen to. I look forward to listening to the others in the series with relish.
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- Bill Jeffreys
- 04-01-23
A silly bit of fun.
I’m a huge Clarke fan but this book just feels a bit silly. It’s an alright story but the whole thing falls apart after a while. Just an easy listen while going to sleep. Worst part though, the (English) narrator’s American accent is the worst I’ve ever heard and it pulls me right out of the story whenever he does it.
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- Mr. DJ Rendell
- 17-12-21
history and science fiction in one book
this book has so many elements that mash so well together. it has history, science fiction, romance , war, politics and above all humanity.
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- H S Davies Bell
- 29-10-22
Insufferable accents
Good story, relatively well read but the accents are mostly awful and difficult to listen to.
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- Jj
- 26-03-23
I expected more
It's not bad, but for all it is I expected there to be at least some character development or depth, but it sorely lacks any type of development among the characters. All of them feel flat, no one shows any type of emotion, in one scene one person dies and the ones that should care barely even notice it.
The idea is nice, but I really wanted more out of it. More science, more feels, more real.
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