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Alternate HistoryTime Travel

The End of Eternity

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  • 1955 first published
  • 255 pages
  • ★ 4.4 (18 ratings)
  • 62 editions
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The End of Eternity is a 1955 alternate history and time-travel fiction novel by Isaac Asimov. It deals with time travel, themes, alternate history and alternate worlds.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.4 out of 5 from 18 ratings, and 295 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 62 editions across 8 languages.

At about 255 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About The End of Eternity

The story of temporal engineers who meta-regulate the history of humanity through the centuries, eliminating risk, adventure, and space travel in the process. One man rebels in order to save the existence of someone he loves, and in the end the time bureaucracy is destroyed for the sake of individuality and human achievement. The theme is the opposite of the Foundation stories, where the central planners and manipulators of humanity always dominate.
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  • Time travel
  • Science fiction
  • Science-fiction
  • American Science fiction
  • Themes
  • Alternate history
  • Alternate worlds

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Who wrote The End of Eternity?

The End of Eternity was written by Isaac Asimov and first published in 1955.

What genre is The End of Eternity?

It is usually shelved as Alternate History and Time Travel.

How long is The End of Eternity?

The median edition has 255 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The End of Eternity?

Readers who like it often enjoy Lest Darkness Fall, Morlock Night and Bring the Jubilee.

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