About this title: The best time-travel story since H.G. Wells's The Time Machine, by the Grand Master of science fiction, the story of Andrew Harlan, Technician and Eternal. Andrew Harlan's job is to range through past and present centuries monitoring and even altering Time's myriad cause-and-effect relationships. As a Technician with the Allwhen Council, he initiates Reality Changes that may affect the lives of as many as fifty billion people -- and a million or more of them may be so drastically affected as to be considered new individulas. Above all, therefore, a Technician must be dispassionate. An ...
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Description: Good. Paperback. May contain some creasing/scuffing to cover and some tanning to pages. But otherwise will be of good quality. FAST DISPATCH. read more
Edition: First Edition 3rd Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Panther, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 1965
Description: Near Fine. 4 1/4 " By 7" Very minor creasing and rubs to cover. No Marks or inscriptions to pages. --------------A complex tale of time travel and time paradoxes, considered by some critics to be Asimov's finest work. -------Shortly to be filmed by Ridley Scott, the best time-travel story since H.G. Wells's The Time Machine, by the Grand Master of science fiction, the story of Andrew Harlan, Technician and Eternal. Andrew Harlan's job is to range through past and present centuries monitoring ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780586024409ISBN:0586024409
Description: Paperback. GOOD READING COPY. Wear to edges. Raised bands on spine. Covers and spine sunned. Pages foxed. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PANTHER
Date Published: 1968
Description: Published by Panther in 1968. Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Reading copy ONLY Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PANTHER
Date Published: 1964
Description: Published by Panther in 1964. Paperback. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780586024409ISBN:0586024409
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 188 pages. (188 pages) a complex tale of time travel and time paradoxes, considered by some critics to be asimov's finest work. (Paperback) read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Spectra Books
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780553288094ISBN:0553288091
Description: Good. No dust jacket. A nice copy. Gently used. All pages and cover clear of markings. Softly worn around edges and corners. Binding solid and tight. Creases. read more
"God, can Asimov write a bad novel? Seriously. This man is (was?) genius. If you dig time-travel and paradox loops, this book is absolutely for you; if you dig science-fiction in any arena, this book is for you. If you dig good writing, this book is for you. If you can read, read this book. Thank you, good night."
"I decided I would try reading science fiction. I read this book because of its title, and because Asimov had awesome sideburns. It was much more enjoyable than I expected."
"Flawed but interesting time travel story. Instead of focusing on the discovery of time travel, its plot features a group of Plato's Republic style guardians who travel throughout time (but only in our future) to maintain human history. It was published in 1955, so anachronisms abound, but it has interesting connections to the rest of Asimov's stories.
Also, despite the fact that I'm not too big a fan of the time travel mechanism in this book, I must still say that it's ages more advanced that the time travel in most modern TV and films, like _Back to the Future_. (_Primer_ would be an exception...)"
"Almost all time-travel stories struggle with dealing with the "butterfly effect" of consequences, and generally don't do a very good job of dealing with it.
Asimov's "The End of Eternity" introduces an innovative concept of Eternals, separated from the normal people, the Timers, and does a good job with tying together the various paradoxes associated with time travel.
The storyline is fast-paced, and character development is generally good, though a bit more focus on the female protagonist, Noys Lambert would have been better.
Overall, an excellent book, probably his best outside of the Foundation/Robot series."
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