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Island in the Sea of Time Mass Market Paperback – March 1, 1998

by S. M. Stirling (Author)

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Book 1 of 3 in the Island in the Sea of Time Series

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“Utterly engaging...a page-turner that is certain to win the author legions of new readers and fans.”—George R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones

It's spring on Nantucket and everything is perfectly normal, until a sudden storm blankets the entire island. When the weather clears, the island's inhabitants find that they are no longer in the late twentieth century...but have been transported instead to the Bronze Age! Now they must learn to survive with suspicious, warlike peoples they can barely understand and deal with impending disaster, in the shape of a would-be conqueror from their own time.

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A cosmic disturbance transports the island of Nantucket and its inhabitants over three thousand years back in time to the shores of a Stone Age America. In addition to coping with the day-to-day problems of survival and the trauma of losing all connection with the modern world, the residents of the time-stranded island find their lives complicated by the presence of native tribes across the water. Stirling's (The Ship Avenged, Baen, 1997) imaginative foray into time travel should also please fans of alternate history. A good selection for most sf collections.
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“Utterly engaging. This is unquestionably Steve Stirling’s best work to date, a page-turner that is certain to win the author legions of new readers and fans.”—George R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones

“A perfectly splendid story…endlessly fascinating…solidly convincing.”—Paul Anderson

“A compelling cast of characters…a fine job of conveying both a sense of loss and hope.”—Science Fiction Chronicle

“[Q]ite a good book…definitely a winner.”—Aboriginal Science Fiction

“Meticulous, imaginative….Logical, inventive and full of richly imagined characters, this is Stirling’s most deeply realized book yet.”—Susan Shwartz, author of The Grail of Hearts

“One of the best time travel/alternative history stories I’ve ever read, period. Stirling combines complex, believable characters, meticulous research, and a fascinating setup to produce a book you won’t want to—and won’t be able to—put down. An outstanding piece of work.”—Harry Turtledove

“The adventure that unfolds, powered by Stirling’s impressive stores of knowledge and extraordinary narrative skill, is an enormously entertaining read.”—Virtual North Woods Website

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Series: Island (Book 1)
Mass Market Paperback: 608 pages
Publisher: Ace; Reprint edition (March 1, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780451456755
ISBN-13: 978-0451456755
ASIN: 0451456750
Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1 x 6.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 248 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #127,719 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #449 in Alternate History Science Fiction (Books)
- #2005 in War Fiction (Books)
- #1956 in Historical Mystery

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BelD

Great beginning. Then too rape'y, too preachy.

June 9, 2019

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Great concept, great start. I enjoyed it, until I started noticing any non-white character is described, often, to remind you they're not white, sometimes in such artful phrases as "the black" instead of where a pronoun would go. The book's 20 years old as I write this, maybe it just hasn't aged well?
But then, there's a lot of rape to establish who villains are, a lot, including bestiality and child. Not my cup of tea.
Two-dimensional new age hippy fools are straw antagonists early on.
And the final bit which made me abandon the book was the libertariansm the hero characters parrot at each other. Boring, and I didn't buy the book to be preached at.

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St. A Boiler

Interesting and unique concept, well worth your time.

July 14, 2015

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I recently had this book recommended to me (I know it is "older") based on my own experience reading Turtledove and actually reading this author. I mentioned that I read Dies the Fire maybe a decade ago and a friend asked if I had read this, I admitted I had never even heard of it even though it was written before.

This is one of those that like the Flux Capacitor you don't really ask how or why, you just go with it. The point is not why but what are the implications of such an "event". In some ways certain parts seem a little more like guys sitting around (who have a decent knowledge of history) and thinking...ok if we had no electricity what we do to make it...if we had to eat...how would we feed the many...if we needed weapons what would we need to make them. One of the tough parts to swallow is that it seems all the right people with all the right knowledge and skills just so happen to be on the tiny island and just the right (or wrong) time. On the tiny island we just so happen to a lot of blacksmiths and weapons experts, we just so happen to have a ship capable of crossing the Atlantic just inside the event, we just so happen to have an astronomer capable of reading the stars to tell us exactly when we are....and so on.

But with all that, for just a good yarn that you simply need to go with and let it come to you rather than try to dissect this is a good one. One thing that makes this stand out from typical "dystopian" fiction or even time travel fiction is that we have modern society smack in the middle of rather early times. When they talk of running out of spices, my first reaction is they need to get to the mainland and find some in an abandoned city (that is how you do it in dystopian fiction) or with other issues you think of trying to reach others (other civilizations) yet society is not particularly advanced in most areas. So even trying to trade is hampered by the limitations on access even when you do travel to new areas. Interesting concept and I look forward to reading the next two parts.

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Tim Kuzniar

May 12, 2017

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As a fan of Stirling's "The Change" novels, I looked forward to reading this series of three beginning with "Island In The Sea of Time." As a sort of "prequel" to his other series, it definitely fills a void that I had wondered about (though I can't mention as it would be a spoiler to those who have not read 'The Change' series yet.)

In this book, Stirling weaves a delightful tale of people thrown out of their own time and deposited back in the Bronze Age, with all of the problems and possibilities that implies. The characters are fresh, modern and very realistic and even though there is action and drama aplenty, Stirling is a master at keeping things grounded in just the right way so that you believe the events in this novel could actually happen in reality.

Can't wait to read the other two in this series as well. Highly recommended for those who love alternate history, fantasy or even steampunk..!

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matthew

Great book. Not so great POV changes.

July 22, 2018

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I am half way through and I am really enjoying it. Some of the characters have made some choices that I new were bad decisions as soon as I read them, but not stupidly bad, however they were making the best choices they could at the time even if they later turned out for the worse.
One of my biggest complaints isn't with the writing itself but the way the kindle edition has it set up. The change of POV between characters is very hard to notice and I have had to gone pages multiple times so far before realizing that the POV has shifted.

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Shane C. Pruyne

A well told story with mostly weak or uninteresting characters.

June 29, 2018

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I was glad to pick this up on sale. It was a suggested read from GoodReads for a long time. The premise is strikingly similar to Eric Flint's "1632" so much so that I wonder if they both came out of a contest or challenge.

Instead of a West Virginia coal town sent back 300 years, Stirling chose the island of Nantucket and sent it back 3000. This is were the similarities end however. Flint in "1632" really focuses on the people and their individual reactions to the 'the event' and Stirling in "Island" tends to focus on the community as a whole. He also spends an inordinate time with various perversions in his characters as if this will give them depth or realism. I like the individual approach.

A well told story with mostly weak or uninteresting characters. I prefer "1632"

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