Time Trap [Paperback]

Laumer (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 10 pages
• Publisher: Baen (July 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671653407
• ISBN-13: 978-0671653408
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 3.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,755,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One I remembered for YEARS...., March 3, 2001

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This review is from: Time Trap (Paperback)

This is a book I read when I was a kid (okay, that gives you a good approximation of my age, which is mid-30s). It was intriguing, and most importantly, funny. I loved it and later I wanted to read it again and could never remember the title or the author.

I spent (no lie) 20 years asking my science ficition-reading friends if they knew which book it was I read and loved about a Rutabaga on a motorcycle traveling through four dimensions. I got quite a few blank stares and people backing up away from me and trying to get away quickly and quietly. But, finally, I found this book in a used bookstore in 1997 and I had REDISCOVERED it. I was happy to read it again and even happier to be able to prove that I hadn't imagined such a wacko story line.

I recommend this book for those who like the sort of humor in the Retief series, or the kind of humor that Roger Zelazney had, and similar to the tone of some of Douglas Adams' stuff. Most of all, I think it reminds me of Zelazney's "Doorways in the Sand". I recommend this book. It's worth a read. It's short, and it will never win a writing prize from an Ivy League college, but I enjoyed the heck outta this story. I personally own three copies, although that is, admittedly, excessive. This book lead me to other Laumer books, including series on Lafayette O'Leary (which also amuses me greatly). Give this book a try -- it's out of print but can be easily found in second hand book stores and thrift stores for a measely sum (I paid about $2 for a paperback out-of-print version of this).