The End of Eternity

By Isaac Asimov

A spellbinding novel set in the universe of Isaac Asimov’s classic Galactic Empire series and Foundation series

Due to circumstances within our control . . . tomorrow will be canceled.

The Eternals, the ruling class of the Future, had the power of life and death not only over every human being but over the very centuries into which they were born. Past, Present, and Future could be created or destroyed at will.

You had to be special to become an Eternal. Andrew Harlan was special. Until he committed the one unforgivable sin—falling in love.

Eternals weren’t supposed to have feelings. But Andrew could not deny the sensations that were struggling within him. He knew he could not keep this secret forever. And so he began to plan his escape, a plan that changed his own past . . . and threatened Eternity itself.

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Published Sep 1, 2020

256 pages

Average rating: 7.4

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Philippa Bee
May 23, 2025
6/10 stars
This book was certainly well written and very much ahead of its times when first published. It was also very clever in the way different aspects of time were described and introduced so the different characters could travel through and in and out of different time zones. Despite this though, I found it incredibly tedious and convoluting, the characters were boring, they lacked empathy with one another and there was no beauty at all in anything that I read. This is the first sci fi book I have read. It doesn’t inspire me to read more of the same genre.

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