- Taschenbuch
- Verlag: Avon Books (Mm); Auflage: Reprint (Juni 1990)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0380704390
- ISBN-13: 978-0380704392
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17,3 x 10,2 x 2,3 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 671.476 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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In the 21st century, immortality via the complex operation known as the Stileman Process is attainable by a few wealthy and determined individuals, but the motivations that drive humans to live forever remain shrouded in mystery until "immortals" Dallas Barr and Maria Marconi stumble across a dangerous secret and find themselves fleeing for their lives--which have suddenly become very short. Fast-paced action and hardcore sf are hallmarks of this latest novel by the author of The Forever War . For sf collections.-- JC
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A great suspenseful page turner from Haldeman.
5. April 2004
Format:Taschenbuch
Buying Time is another great book by a master of the genre of hard sci fi. Different from Haldeman's previous novels, Buying Time is less cerebral and more of a suspenseful thriller. Despite this change there is still a unique vision of a possible future here that Haldeman defines with an edgy cynical perspective. Haldeman's central characters defy the status quo and find themselves fighting to stay alive in a world where one corporation makes the rules about life and death.
The premise behind Buying Time is that in the near future a process is developed that lets people live forever. The catch is that only one company sells this process and it costs whoever wants it everything they own with a minimum payment of one million dollars. In addition the process only lasts for ten years. There are other onerous rules associated with making that million that makes it more difficult than usual for people to get rejuvenated.
A small group of people have managed to make a habit out of getting rejuvenated and become a subculture unto themselves. Dallas Barr is one of these people, having already lived for several hundred years. At the outset of the novel Dallas, along with a host of other immortals, is invited to join a secret group called the Steering Committee. His refusal to join initiates a series of events that set the book in motion.
The rest of the novel leads us through the mysteries of the Stileman Foundation (the makers of the Stileman rejuvenation process) the motivations of the Steering Committee and the effect it has on Dallas and his companion Maria Marconi.
Their relationship is played out in a relatively superficial manner, but the pacing of the book is such that it doesn't matter all that much. The tidbits that we are given are enough to give context to the situations that Dallas and Maria find themselves encountering. This combined with a plot filled with many mysteries keeps the pages turning throughout.
The only downside would be how the book ends. After a considerable buildup of suspense the ending feels like a bit of a cop out and doesn't seem to connect properly with the rest of the story. This is very much a book where a good middle props up a humdrum beginning and weak ending.
Buying Time is certainly a very good book, perhaps not in league with Haldeman's Worlds and Worlds Apart, but definitely a fun and thought provoking piece of science fiction.
8 von 9 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
This book really kicks
30. Januar 1999
Format:Taschenbuch
Suspenseful and action-packed, with believable (and likable) characters and a lot of solid science-fictional ideas that come together in unexpected but inevitable ways. If I have one criticsm it's with the ending and the way in which one character is changed by a drug experience. I just didn't buy it. (Yes, i'm being vague to avoid spoiling it if you haven't read it.) Still a very worthwhile read.
7 von 8 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
My favorite book
2. August 1998
Format:Taschenbuch
Being a devoted SF fan with a library of hundreds of books, and with an interest ranging from early works of A.E. van Vogt in the 1940s to Gibson and all ranges of the field, I was surprised to read this book by a to me unknown author and find that it was the best one I ever read. The story is suspenseful, fastpaced, and reminds me of a mix between Alistair MacLean and John le Carre set in an SF universe. Haldemans descriptions of violence are, perhaps because of his history in the military, very lifelike, and succeeds in making you feel the shock and surprise that only reallife violence can {check out the boatscene with the exploding head}. I can only say READ IT!!!
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