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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Time Travel team goes to China to recover robot parts.
This is not the best of the Robots in Time series, but certainly a recommended reading. The Time Travel Team from Mojave Center goes back to 13th century China to recover the 5th component of MC governor. Along the way they come in contact with Marco Polo and Kublai Khan. A good book for anyone who enjoys good Science Fiction.
Published on November 28, 1997
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting, but slow
I rather liked this book, which I read as a translation into Spanish. It's an interesting idea and offers many possibilities for the author. I would certainly like to buy more titles in this series, although I find that they are out of print in English. My one complaint about the book is its rather slow pace. There is not a great deal of what you can call action...
Published on June 30, 1998 by Mark Richard Kidger
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting, but slow,
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This review is from: Emperor (Isaac Asimov's Robots in Time) (Mass Market Paperback)
I rather liked this book, which I read as a translation into Spanish. It's an interesting idea and offers many possibilities for the author. I would certainly like to buy more titles in this series, although I find that they are out of print in English.My one complaint about the book is its rather slow pace. There is not a great deal of what you can call action. Transport to China, find Marco Polo, get access to the court, find robot, beat the bad guy to the punch... not a lot for so many pages. I did wonder about how a group of travellers from our future could find it so easy to transport to China, integrate themselves into society, pass for Chinese (or races known to the Chinese) and get along with so little difficulty. Perhaps it would have given more scope to the author if he had made life a bit more tricky for his characters. Barring a rather easily foiled kidnap attempt, things seem just too easy for our superhuman heros. Anyhow, the book is a good read (although associating it with Isaac Asimov's name certainly influenced me into buying it, it's relation to Asimov is tenuous apart from using his laws of robotics) and I felt that it was money quite well spent.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Time Travel team goes to China to recover robot parts.,
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This review is from: Emperor (Isaac Asimov's Robots in Time) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is not the best of the Robots in Time series, but certainly a recommended reading. The Time Travel Team from Mojave Center goes back to 13th century China to recover the 5th component of MC governor. Along the way they come in contact with Marco Polo and Kublai Khan. A good book for anyone who enjoys good Science Fiction.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Series Of Books...,
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This review is from: Emperor (Isaac Asimov's Robots in Time) (Mass Market Paperback)
Bought a couple of the series to complete my set. If you like Time-Travel stories, and robotics, this series will do the trick. Very good read.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Series is Slowing Down,
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This review is from: Emperor (Isaac Asimov's Robots in Time) (Mass Market Paperback)
The series is slowing down, with Nystrom and Ishihara growing slightly desperate, but their gambits seeming to come further than ever from succeeding. At this point, it begins to be questionable whether they will ever succeed. The story is slower and not as much fun. At this point, the series begins to deteriorate and the rest of the books are not as worth reading as the first four. A good book, but not worth the search that it takes to find it. I recommend it if it is easy to find, but otherwise I wouldn't bother. |
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Emperor (Isaac Asimov's Robots in Time) by William F. Wu (Mass Market Paperback - June 1994)
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