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Time TravelAdventure

Timeline

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  • 1999 first published
  • 512 pages
  • ★ 3.5 (61 ratings)
  • 64 editions
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Michael Crichton's Timeline (1999) is a time-travel fiction and adventure fiction novel. The story is set in France and United States, in the XXI century. It features Andre Marek, Kate Erikson and Chris Hughes. Key subjects include Hundertja hriger Krieg, Wissenschaftler, historians and quantum theory.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.5 out of 5 from 61 ratings, and 193 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 64 editions across 7 languages.

At about 512 pages, most readers finish it in 9–10 hours.

About Timeline

Timeline is a science fiction novel by American writer Michael Crichton, his twelfth under his own name and twenty-second overall, published in November 1999. It tells the story of a group of history students who travel to 14th-century France to rescue their professor. The book follows in Crichton's long history of combining science, technical details, and action in his books, this time addressing quantum and multiverse theory.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Andre Marek
  • Kate Erikson
  • Chris Hughes
  • Edward Johnston
  • David Stern
  • Lord Oliver
  • Lady Claire
  • Guy de Malegant
  • Rob Deckard
  • Arnaut de Cervole

Subjects

  • Hundertja hriger Krieg
  • Wissenschaftler
  • Historians
  • Quantum theory
  • Zeitreise
  • Time travel
  • Historiadores
  • Teoría cuántica
  • Science Fiction
  • Teleportation
  • HistoriaViajes a través del tiempo
  • Thriller
  • Suspense fiction
  • Adventure stories
  • Technology
  • Twenty-first century

Quick answers

Who wrote Timeline?

Timeline was written by Michael Crichton and first published in 1999.

What genre is Timeline?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel and Adventure.

How long is Timeline?

The median edition has 512 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Timeline?

Readers who like it often enjoy Night of the New Magicians, A Time to Love Again and Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, II.

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