Book #2 - Times Eye

Title: Time's Eye

Author: Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter

Release Year: 2004

Plot Summary: The world is cut up into countless parts and welded back together. Problem? All the parts come from different parts of history, ranging from our first divergence from apes to 2037. Which leads to many interesting confrentations. Can you say Alexander the Great Vs. Gangis Kahn?

Thoughts: Although the idea of pitting Alexander and Kahn was a little cheezy when I first thought about it, I felt that it worked well because of the reasonable development throughout the book on the different storylines. It helped that the focus wasn't on the science of what happened, it was on how the people who remained lived delt with the situation. Although I wouldn't call this a hard-scifi book, I enjoyed the read thuroughly and plan to get the sequal "Sunstorm" by the same authors.

Rating (0-10): 8

Recomendations: If you like books by Clarke I highly recomend it. If not? Read it anyway it's enjoyable enough.