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Here are some customer reviews of Island in the Sea of Time : Although the "forward into the past" concept isn't new, Stirling has managed to make it seem that way. The problems are realistic, the characters interesting (a couple a bit *too* interesting...) and the plot development enjoyable and full of interesting surprises. There's a lot going on, but he never loses the narrative thread despite scene-jumps. Buy it! P.S. This would make a great movie. Anyone from Hollywood listening? Harrison Ford as Jared Cofflin! Angela Bassett as Marian Alston.... How many people would love the chance to go back in time. The history would be real and the lifestyle would be real. He gives you a glimer of just what it would be like. Not a easy time but a on the edge, will I make it, time. I await all books by S.M Stirling with frenzied impatience, and buy them immediately, not because they're all flawless--Stirling often writes with other, much less talented authors, and participates in shared-worlds ventures--but because of the amazing acomplishment of his Draka books, which are for my money the most compelling and disturbing alternate history ever written. Island In the Sea of Time is better than anything Stirling has done outside his Draka series. It is in part a superior version of the SF classic Lest Darkness Fall, has wonderful celebrations of Homo Faber, and has a lovely homage to a great Poul Anderson scene--and being Stirling, surely the best military SF writer of all time, it has some splendid war scenes. There is a little possibly unwitting parody of the sort of people Stirling doesn't care for, and some grand celebration of the sort of people he does care for. This is a quietly and movingly patriotic book. It isn't his best work, but I read it at a sitting, when I had a lot of other urgent things to do. S. M. Stirling was extremely effective at communicating his dreams in a way that is clear and concise. The inner workings of everyday things that we tend to take for granted are explained with just the right amount of instruction and accuracy. Lots of enthusiastic action and graphic battle scenes keep you interested. Even though the story line moves around a bit, it is still easy to follow. He keeps you turning the pages so that you can find out what will happen next to each of the excellently well thought-out characters. Although this book contains the action and interesting background you expect from Stirling, Island in the Sea of Time has more, it is about People. The characters have great depth, you meet people of all kinds, from the brave and noble, to easily exploited fools, and powermongers. Overall it is a great story, highly recommended.

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