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| 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) |
Félix J. Palma
Hardcover | Pages: 613 pages Rating: 3.38 | 11514 Users | 2275 Reviews
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| 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 |
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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?Rating Appertaining To Books The Map of Time (Trilogía Victoriana #1)
Ratings: 3.38 From 11514 Users | 2275 ReviewsNotice Appertaining To Books The Map of Time (Trilogía Victoriana #1)
I wanted to like this book so much. It is supposed to be an international phenomenon of a book. It is all about time travel, romance, history, and features H.G. Wells as a major character. All of that leads me to think it would be incredibly intriguing and probably make for a wild ride. But this was SO NOT THE CASE.The basic story is comprised of 3 parts - the first is about a man who is mourning the loss of a woman he loved and was slaughtered by Jack the Ripper, and is convinced he can go backAfter reading two chapters, 28 pages into the book, I decided to give up. There was no way that I would be able to suffer through the torture for 600+ pages.The novel was set in a Victoria era. It read like a historical fiction, and the language used was very much proper old-style English. First off, I really did not like the way the author wrote these long-winded sentences, describing anything and everything in a flowery descriptive manner that drove me nuts. It took forever for the author to
DNF for only one reason: I couldn't keep dealing with the meandering plot. Everything else was fantastic. The writing was great, a beautiful translation (I've read some limp translations in my time). The voice sucked me right in as engaging and I couldn't wait to keep reading. The premise itself had me hooked and I wanted to know where it all went and ultimately ended up.But damn it all if I had to deal with another multi-chapter aside that served as filler while the characters traveled or
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 more
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
The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma, published by Atria Books.Category Sci/Fi/FantasyIn Victorian England one could go to Murrays Time Travel and be transported to the year 2000. They could witness the climatic conclusion of a fight for world domination between Solomon, the King of the Automatons, and Captain Derek Shackleton, the last hope for the human race.The story begins with Andrew Harrington, from a well to do family, contemplating taking his life because his new found love, a prostitute,
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