Timeline [Gebundene Ausgabe]

Der amerikanische Erfolgsautor Michael Crichton, bekannt durch Bestseller wie Jurassic Park, Enthüllung oder Nippon Connection ist immer wieder für eine Überraschung gut, denn er wechselt, schon um sich selbst beim Schreiben nicht zu langweilen, bei seinen Büchern häufig das Genre.

Sein neuer Roman Timeline ist eine aufregende Mischung aus Erkenntnissen der Quantenphysik, die er nur geringfügig eine Spur in die Zukunft weiterdreht. Und diese kombiniert er mit einem Ausflug ins blutrünstige Mittelalter.

Ein Forscherteam aus Historikern, Architekten und Physikern arbeitet in Frankreich an Ausgrabungen der Burg La Roque. Gesponsert wird ihre Tätigkeit von der amerikanischen High-Tech-Firma ITC. Das Team gerät in helle Aufregung, als ihr Professor von einem Besuch bei ITC nicht mehr zurückkehrt. Allerdings gibt es eine merkwürdige Nachricht in den Unterlagen des Klosters: "Helft mir", datiert vom 7.4.1357 in der Handschrift des Professors.

Nachforschungen bei ITC führen zu einer interessanten Entdeckung: ITC ist es gelungen, Menschen ins 14. Jahrhundert zu transportieren. Ihr Direktor erschließt mit diesen ungeahnten Möglichkeiten neue Märkte im Tourismus-Geschäft. Verreisen kann schließlich jeder, doch wer war jemals in der Vergangenheit und zwar authentisch? Nur mit der Rückkehr in die Gegenwart gibt es noch Schwierigkeiten. Primäre Aufgabe ist, den verschollenen Professor zurückzuholen. Nur wie? Einige unerschrockene Forscher machen sich auf den Weg -- gekleidet in stilgerechtes Outfit.

Timeline bietet fundierten historischen Background, kombiniert mit einer guten Portion moderner Quantenforschung, dazu einen dialogreichen, spannenden Plot -- beste Voraussetzungen für gute Unterhaltung. --Manuela Haselberger

When you step into a time machine, fax yourself through a "quantum foam wormhole" and step out in feudal France circa 1357, be very, very afraid. If you aren't strapped back in precisely 37 hours after your visit begins, you'll miss the quantum bus back to 1999 and be stranded in a civil war, caught between crafty abbots, mad lords and peasant bandits all eager to cut your throat. You'll also have to dodge catapults that hurl sizzling pitch over castle battlements. On the social front, you should avoid provoking "the butcher of Crecy" or Sir Oliver may lop your head off with a swoosh of his broadsword or cage and immerse you in "Milady's Bath", a brackish dungeon pit into which live rats are tossed now and then for prisoners to eat.

This is the plight of the heroes of Timeline, Michael Crichton's thriller. They're historians in 1999 employed by a tech billionaire-genius with more than a few of Bill Gates' most unlovable quirks. Like the entrepreneur in Crichton's Jurassic Park, Doniger plans a theme park featuring artefacts from a lost world revived via cutting-edge science. When the project's chief historian sends a distress call to 1999 from 1357, the boss man doesn't tell the younger historians the risks they'll face trying to save him. At first, the interplay between eras is clever but Timeline swiftly becomes a swashbuckling old-fashioned adventure, with just a dash of science and time paradox in the mix. Most of the cool facts are about the Middle Ages and Crichton marvellously brings the past to life without ever letting the pulse-pounding action slow down. At one point, a time-tripper tries to enter the Chapel of Green Death. Unfortunately, its custodian, a crazed giant with terrible teeth and a bad case of lice, soon has her head on a block. "She saw a shadow move across the grass as he raised his axe into the air." Try not to turn the page!

Through the narrative can be glimpsed the glowing bones of the movie that may be made from Timeline and the high tech computer game that should hit the market in 2000. Expect many clashing swords and chase scenes through secret castle passages. But the book stands alone, tall and scary as a knight in armour shining with blood. --Tim Appelo -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .

When you step into a time machine, fax yourself through a "quantum foam wormhole," and step out in feudal France circa 1357, be very, very afraid. If you aren't strapped back in precisely 37 hours after your visit begins, you'll miss the quantum bus back to 1999 and be stranded in a civil war, caught between crafty abbots, mad lords, and peasant bandits all eager to cut your throat. You'll also have to dodge catapults that hurl sizzling pitch over castle battlements. On the social front, you should avoid provoking "the butcher of Crecy" or Sir Oliver may lop your head off with a swoosh of his broadsword or cage and immerse you in "Milady's Bath," a brackish dungeon pit into which live rats are tossed now and then for prisoners to eat.

This is the plight of the heroes of Timeline, Michael Crichton's thriller. They're historians in 1999 employed by a tech billionaire-genius with more than a few of Bill Gates's most unlovable quirks. Like the entrepreneur in Crichton's Jurassic Park, Doniger plans a theme park featuring artifacts from a lost world revived via cutting-edge science. When the project's chief historian sends a distress call to 1999 from 1357, the boss man doesn't tell the younger historians the risks they'll face trying to save him. At first, the interplay between eras is clever, but Timeline swiftly becomes a swashbuckling old-fashioned adventure, with just a dash of science and time paradox in the mix. Most of the cool facts are about the Middle Ages, and Crichton marvelously brings the past to life without ever letting the pulse-pounding action slow down. At one point, a time-tripper tries to enter the Chapel of Green Death. Unfortunately, its custodian, a crazed giant with terrible teeth and a bad case of lice, soon has her head on a block. "She saw a shadow move across the grass as he raised his ax into the air." I dare you not to turn the page!

Through the narrative can be glimpsed the glowing bones of the movie that may be made from Timeline and the cutting-edge computer game that should hit the market in 2000. Expect many clashing swords and chase scenes through secret castle passages. But the book stands alone, tall and scary as a knight in armor shining with blood. --Tim Appelo -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

So you think, along with all those benighted scientists, that the physical world has been pretty completely explained, and theres not likely to be anything new under the sun? Well, then, suggests blockbuster king Crichton, how about something old- and-newspecifically, quantum teleportation back to medieval France? Readers who checked under the bed for raptors after finishing The Lost World (1995), and whoever else remains ignorant of the hundreds of time-travel fantasies by non-bestselling authors, will be happily scared to know that the perils of journeying through time are just as great even if its a bunch of modern investigators of a contemporary mystery, rather than sleeping dinosaur DNA, making the trip. (First printing of 1,500,000; Literary Guild Main Selection) -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

With Timeline, Crichton has written his best book since Jurassic Park. Sometime in the future, a group of students is studying an archaeological site in France when the professor in charge disappears. While uncovering 600-year-old documents from the remains of a monastery, they discover a note dated April 7, 1357, and written in the professor's hand that says "Help me." Three people then embark on a journey back in time to rescue the professor. The first third of the book sets up the plot and discusses quantum technology. The rest of the story is a heart-pounding adventure in 14th-century France. Crichton is a master at explaining complex concepts in simple terms. As in most of his novels, the characters are forgettable and overshadowed by ideas, but who reads Crichton for his characters? His plot is intriguing, and his well-researched history and science are certain to prompt discussions. Highly recommended.
---Jeff Ayers, Seattle P.L.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

YA-Combining time travel, archaeological exploration, and a power struggle in medieval France, this action-packed story will grab teens' attention from the very first page. ITC, a company located in the New Mexico desert, is at the forefront of the new science of quantum technology. It has secretly developed a means of transporting humans back in time. In the Dordogne region of southwest France, a team of company-sponsored archaeologists and historians is unearthing the remains of a medieval castle, village, and monastery with the goal of developing a major tourist attraction. The words "HELP ME" followed by "4/7/1357" written in ink and on paper used in the 14th century are found at the site. It seems that Professor Johnston, the team leader, demanded that he be transported back to the settlement, and obviously he is in danger there. A rescue effort is launched, and five people are transported back to April 1357: two escorts from ITC and three historians from the Dordogne project. Their time machine allows them 37 hours for the rescue, but within minutes of their arrival, the escorts are killed by a band of horsemen. The three survivors set out to find the missing man, and their race against time results in a gripping tale. YAs will be fascinated by this juxtaposition of modern-day physics with details of a medieval siege.
Molly Connally, Kings Park Library, Fairfax County, VA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

"Was die Verwandlung von trockenen Fakten in spannende Geschichte angeht, kann keener Michael Crichton das Wasser reichen."

"Wenn Crichton recht hat und die Zukunft tatsächlich in der Vergangenheit liegt, dann kann ich nur jedem dringend empfehlen, sich ein Wams und eine Lanze zuzulegen - und natürlich dieses grandiose Buch."

Ein Ausgrabungscamp in Frankreich: Hier befinden sich vier Ruinen aus dem 14. Jahrhundert, Spuren des Hundertjährigen Kriegs. Die Genauigkeit des Aufrissplans eines der Gebäude weckt den Argwohn des Geschichtsprofessors Edward Johnston. Er mutmaßt, dass die amerikanische Firma, die sein Forschungsprojekt seit Jahren unterstützt, eine Zeitmaschine entwickelt hat und bereits Mitarbeiter in die Vergangenheit geschickt hat. Er fliegt in die USA und wenige Tage später erreicht seine Studenten die Nachricht, ihr Professor sei ins Mittelalter gereist und sie sollten ihn zurückholen. Ein alter Menschheitstraum rückt in greifbare Nähe. Doch bald müssen die Zeitreisenden in den Wirren des Hundertjährigen Kriegs ums Überleben kämpfen.

Eine Reise in die Mitte der Zeit Eine Gruppe amerikanischer Wissenschaftler reist mit Hilfe der Quantentechnologie ins französische Mittelalter und muß in den Wirren des Hundertjährigen Krieges ums Überleben kämpfen. Doch nicht alle weiden zurückkehren... Auf Anhieb Platz l der amerikanischen Bestsellerliste! Verfilmung durch Paramount "Was die Verwandlung von trockenen Fakten in spannende Geschichten angeht, kann keiner Michael Crichton das Wasser reichen." Michael Althen, Süddeutsche Zeitung "Wenn Crichton recht hat und die Zukunft tatsächlich in der Vergangenheit liegt, dann kann ich jedem nur dringend empfehlen, sich ein Wams und eine Lanze zuzulegen - und natürlich dieses grandiose Buch." Wall Street Journal

Michael Crichton wurde 1942 in Chicago geboren und studierte in Harvard Medizin. Alle seine Romane "Andromeda", "Der große Eisenbahnraub", "Jurassic Park", "Enthüllung", "Die Wiege der Sonne" und viele mehr wurden auch als Filme weltweite Erfolge. Crichton ist Autor der weltweit erfolgreichen Fernsehserie "ER Emergency Room".