Félix J. Palma
Hardcover | Pages: 613 pages Rating: 3.38 | 11514 Users | 2275 Reviews
Identify Books To The Map of Time (Trilogía Victoriana #1)
| Original Title: | El mapa del tiempo |
| ISBN: | 1439167397 (ISBN13: 9781439167397) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Trilogía Victoriana #1, Trilogía Victoriana (Orden de lectura) #2 |
| Setting: | London, England(United Kingdom) |
| Literary Awards: | Premio Ateneo de Sevilla (2008), Premio Ignotus Nominee for Mejor novela (2009) |
Description Toward Books The Map of Time (Trilogía Victoriana #1)
This rollicking page-turner with a cast of real and imagined literary characters and cunning intertwined plots stars a skeptical H.G. Wells as a time-traveling investigator.Characters real and imaginary come vividly to life in this whimsical triple play of intertwined plots, in which a skeptical H. G. Wells is called upon to investigate purported incidents of time travel and to save lives and literary classics, including Dracula and The Time Machine, from being wiped from existence.
What happens if we change history?
Itemize Of Books The Map of Time (Trilogía Victoriana #1)
| Title | : | The Map of Time (Trilogía Victoriana #1) |
| Author | : | Félix J. Palma |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 613 pages |
| Published | : | June 2011 by Atria Books (first published January 1st 2008) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Science Fiction. Steampunk. Fiction. Time Travel |
Rating Of Books The Map of Time (Trilogía Victoriana #1)
Ratings: 3.38 From 11514 Users | 2275 ReviewsAssessment Of Books The Map of Time (Trilogía Victoriana #1)
Time travel! Jack the Ripper! Automatons! What's not to love?!? Well, as it turns out, almost everything.I know everyone else here is raving about it, but I could barely stomach The Map of Time; it took every ounce of stick-to-it-iveness I could muster to get through this convoluted, interminable literary maze. WHERE, I ask you, was the EDITOR in this hot mess? There is the kernal of a potentially good story here, had about 2/3 of the fat been excised. The only way it could have been more3.5This book isn't what I expected. Based on the cover and the blurb I was expecting some sort of mad-cap mystery adventure dealing with time travel - but it's much more subtle than that.What it is is three stories, loosely interwoven, about this group of people and moments - coincidences and accidents - which change the courses of their lives. It's about the way that time and lives and interconnected in ways we barely imagine and almost are never entirely aware of. And, at its heart, it's also
Very interesting.A little too much exposition in places, but overall I enjoyed it (despite taking insanely long to finish it...)
The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma succeeded for me in so many levels that it will be a challenge, albeit a pleasurable one, to adequately explain how satisfying it was. Curiously, my admiration for its execution has increased the more I reflect upon it. If youre a science fiction fan, most especially an H.G. Wells fan; if you love time travel stories; if you love Victorian novels (the way novels were written in the Victorian era and novels set in that time) this is the book for you. The Map of
Review originally posted here: http://pocketfulofbooksblogger.blogsp...I think this book was written just to annoy me. I am sitting here with 5 pages of notes which I made whilst reading it that detail approximately one hundred reasons why I detested it from the first page to the last and why my boyfriend was forced to read some parts aloud to me because I became physically unable to finish it without assistance...my impulse to put it down was just too strong. But I did it. And now I am going to
The Map of Time is a wonderful novel in three parts. In the first, H.G. Wells assists in traveling to the past to prevent a murder. In the second, H.G Wells bridges the gap between the future and the present. In the third, H.G. Wells must make a decision that will chart the course of the future. The fist two stories contain romantic elements while the third is a bit of a mystery. All of the stories overlap a bit bringing different characters together at different points in time. The end result
Three stars is me being generous. It was so promising, the cover was attractive, the symmary looked equally (if not more so) promising, but when I started reading I was just so confused. I remember constantly thinks where, what, how, ... it soon stopped being fun. I might like it better if I reread it, but for some reason I doubt it. I am still wondering if it is the writing or me just not being smart enough.
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