The Man Who Folded Himself
This classic work of science fiction is widely considered to be the ultimate time-travel novel. When Daniel Eakins inherits a time machine, he soon realizes that he has enormous power to shape the course of history. He can foil terrorists, prevent assassinations, or just make some fast money at the racetrack. And if he doesn't like the results of the change, he can simply go back in time and talk himself out of making it! But Dan soon finds that there are limits to his powers and forces beyond his control.
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It's a very interesting read. Clean short story with constant new events in the time travel. Or rather new goals as there is no clear point nor goal after he gets the time machine.
Does he want to get rich? Find a partner? Figure out where the time machine is from? Explore history? It's divided into sections and each section is a new storyline after that last one completes. Did the author have a clear plan here?
It's weird because the Predestination movie is short yet has more concepts, more cohesion, more overview and focus. While having way less time to tell the story.
The book is fun to read as you are extremely eager to figure out what will happen. Each time jump is a new problem and new info. Where are we moving to?
There are also quite a few dull moments. A bunch of summaries and we follow his inner thoughts so often 1 small thing happens in 3 pages then we get 10 pages of the main character thinking to himself not figuring anything out. In reality we the reader may often be one step ahead of him. It's good writing and the mental ideas do focus on motivation and problem solving so it's always fascinating. A ton of hazy philosophy about what it entails. Yet it's weird this guy over a lifetime is surprised by quite simple time travel events. How is he not learning?
It's hard to rate it. It's a very fun listen. I just had to figure out what happens and it was impossible to put it down. Yet it felt like a big trick tricking the reader into a mystery box event that was never there. And since it has been done 10 times better since then what can we say? If you want a gay sex scene with the lead being interested in himself it's for you. Yet it's not really going anywhere and it's more choices the lead makes that make no logical sense.
Does he want to get rich? Find a partner? Figure out where the time machine is from? Explore history? It's divided into sections and each section is a new storyline after that last one completes. Did the author have a clear plan here?
It's weird because the Predestination movie is short yet has more concepts, more cohesion, more overview and focus. While having way less time to tell the story.
The book is fun to read as you are extremely eager to figure out what will happen. Each time jump is a new problem and new info. Where are we moving to?
There are also quite a few dull moments. A bunch of summaries and we follow his inner thoughts so often 1 small thing happens in 3 pages then we get 10 pages of the main character thinking to himself not figuring anything out. In reality we the reader may often be one step ahead of him. It's good writing and the mental ideas do focus on motivation and problem solving so it's always fascinating. A ton of hazy philosophy about what it entails. Yet it's weird this guy over a lifetime is surprised by quite simple time travel events. How is he not learning?
It's hard to rate it. It's a very fun listen. I just had to figure out what happens and it was impossible to put it down. Yet it felt like a big trick tricking the reader into a mystery box event that was never there. And since it has been done 10 times better since then what can we say? If you want a gay sex scene with the lead being interested in himself it's for you. Yet it's not really going anywhere and it's more choices the lead makes that make no logical sense.
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