About this title: The best time-travel story since H.G. Wells's The Time Machine, by the Grand Master of science fiction, the story of Andrew Harlan, Technician and Eternal. Andrew Harlan's job is to range through past and present centuries monitoring and even altering Time's myriad cause-and-effect relationships. As a Technician with the Allwhen Council, he initiates Reality Changes that may affect the lives of as many as fifty billion people -- and a million or more of them may be so drastically affected as to be considered new individulas. Above all, therefore, a Technician must be dispassionate. An ...
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Spectra, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780553288094ISBN:0553288091
Description: Good. 0553288091 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m..._ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey
Date Published: 1986-04-12
ISBN-13:9780345336552ISBN:0345336550
Description: Fair. Light reading and shelf wear, tanning and foxing. Ex-library copy with usual library stamps. Unconditional money back guarantee. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Science Fiction Book club
ISBN-13:9780739435571ISBN:0739435574
Description: Very Good. 0739435574 Hardcover with clean dust jacket and minor shelf-wear on edges and corners. Binding is tight and square. Inside pages are clean and free from writing and/or highlighting. Book is in stock and ready to ship same or next business day. Select Expedited Shipping and receive your book within 3-5 business days. Buy with confidence! Please leave feedback after your purchase. It helps other buyers know we are a responsible and reliable seller. Thank you! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Lancer, New York
Date Published: 1963
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 176 pp. Wraps and text are clean, crisp and tight with lightly age-toned edges. Previous owner's name is written at top edge of inside front wrap. from the back: Here is a fascinating story of travel in time, a work of brilliant imagination by top-ranking scientist-novelist Isaac Asimov. read more
"God, can Asimov write a bad novel? Seriously. This man is (was?) genius. If you dig time-travel and paradox loops, this book is absolutely for you; if you dig science-fiction in any arena, this book is for you. If you dig good writing, this book is for you. If you can read, read this book. Thank you, good night."
"I decided I would try reading science fiction. I read this book because of its title, and because Asimov had awesome sideburns. It was much more enjoyable than I expected."
"Flawed but interesting time travel story. Instead of focusing on the discovery of time travel, its plot features a group of Plato's Republic style guardians who travel throughout time (but only in our future) to maintain human history. It was published in 1955, so anachronisms abound, but it has interesting connections to the rest of Asimov's stories.
Also, despite the fact that I'm not too big a fan of the time travel mechanism in this book, I must still say that it's ages more advanced that the time travel in most modern TV and films, like _Back to the Future_. (_Primer_ would be an exception...)"
"Almost all time-travel stories struggle with dealing with the "butterfly effect" of consequences, and generally don't do a very good job of dealing with it.
Asimov's "The End of Eternity" introduces an innovative concept of Eternals, separated from the normal people, the Timers, and does a good job with tying together the various paradoxes associated with time travel.
The storyline is fast-paced, and character development is generally good, though a bit more focus on the female protagonist, Noys Lambert would have been better.
Overall, an excellent book, probably his best outside of the Foundation/Robot series."
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