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Time Blender

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The book description isn't really accurate . . . the main character HASN'T heard of this crazy island, he happens upon it by chance only after being forced to go there by some 'unknown alien' that is inhabiting his friend's body.

My biggest problem is that the main character doesn't act like a normal person would act in abnormal circumstances. His best friend's mind has been taken over by some alien force and he never once stops to question the guy as to why he's acting so strange - instead thinking that he's been injured by a blow to the head.

I found the book to be full of cliche, not consistent (as if a collaboration where different authors wrote various scenes), and it didn't seem like it knew where it wanted to go. And then to end it with 'to be continued' really lost it for me. I don't think I can read through another in the Time Blender series . . .

Devouring the book in one day I found it an enjoyable read. Yes, there were plenty of inconsistent action, but there were some good twists to keep me on my toes. Being a Star Trek fan made me buy the book, but the story itself kept me with it until I finished.

The action was good...and the setup of the main character was very "renaissance" like with the military to academic background. Yes, I want to be like Tony.

The back of the book is a bit misleading and I was slightly confused, there are books with worse that I have read so I won't hold them accountable for it.

I'm now off to find the second book of the series...

Michael Dorn has created an interesting black indiana jones named Tony Miller involved in some time/space adventures. But it looks like the book was written individually by the 3 authors and then put together but not very cohesively. Maybe more will be explained in the next novel but the reader should not be as confused as the main character of the novel. I also think the 2 other authors should have had their names on the cover as well as Dorn.

Michael Dorn's book keeps the reader thinking. Once you understand one part, he changes the setting and parameters of the character's life. I can't wait for the second book.

This novel reads like it was written by numerous authors, each one piggy-backing on the material of the prior writer. Just as soon as you start to get a feeling for scene and interest in the characters - wham! You are off on another adventure - new scene, new characters. I found that to be frustrating and it kept me from getting that "lost in another world" feeling that I crave from Sci-Fi writers. That said, there is SO much creative promise here that I will read Dorn's next installment just to see if things don't settle down a bit.

Michael Dorn's "Time Blender" made for a good evening's reading. Story line started quickly and kept moving throughtout the book.

I recently purchased and read this tremendously well written novel. Michael Dorn has truly written a masterpiece of science fiction/fantasy. The plot although one of fantasy depicts a battle between two factions of future humans. The Bodhi and the GECO. The Bodhi are in tune with nature and are of kind sentiment. The GECO are genetically altered humans who live off of pollution. The Bodhi are kind and friendly while the GECO are brutal and evil. An object, The Artifact, which maintains linear time is destroyed by the Bodhi. The main character, Tony Miller alone can alter the future. An excellent novel with a cliffhanger ending, this novel is bound for greatness.

Michael Dorn captures your attention early in this brilliant novel and doesn't let go until the last word of the last parragraph. The imagery is the best I've seen in pop Sci-Fi in years! I can honestly say that I haven't been this excited about a sci-fi novel since the first time I read Ringworld.

Miller, the main character, is portrayed in a fashion that allows you to actually think like him, almost anticipating how he will handle each step of his convoluted trip. And, what a trip! The authors propensity to twist and manipulate reality keeps you at the edge of your seat the entire page-flipping, gut wrenching experience.

The last page, though tieing up most of the myriad tendrils of the story, creates whole new questions; leaving the reader thirsty for more of the intoxicating obserdeity of Millers grand trek.

This is a must read for any fan of the limits of imagination, and the excitement of classic Sci-fi. I can hardly wait for the sequel.

I like Michael Dorn as an actor, but not as an author. This book is filled with extremely horrible and unnecessary profanity. You can't get to the storyline past this awful language. It is crude, offensive, and blasphemous. I do not recommend this book to anybody.