Timescape: A Novel - Softcover

Benford, Gregory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553297090 ISBN 13: 9780553297096

Publisher: Bantam USA, 1992

Synopsis

Winner of the 1980 Nebula Award, Timescape has since become a classic of the science fiction genre, combining hard science, bold speculation, and human drama--a challenging and triumphant tale told by a master storyteller.

1998. Earth is falling apart, on the brink of ecological disaster. But in England a tachyon scientist is attempting to contact the past, to somehow warn them of the misery and death their actions and experiments have visited upon a ravaged planet.

1962. JFK is still president, rock 'n' roll is king, and the Vietnam War hardly merits front-page news. A young assistant researcher at a California university, Gordon Bernstein, notices strange patterns of interference in a lab experiment. Against all odds, facing ridicule and opposition, Bernstein begins to uncover the incredible truth . . . a truth that will change his life and alter history . . . the truth behind time itself.

About this title

From the Author:

Great to see a 20 year old novel still read!
I'm grateful to UK & other readers who have reacted to a novel that now lies 20 years in my past... To the Toronto fellow: I felt Peterson had to eventually reach completion (polite word) with Marjorie, to complete the plot arc. It's a sign of things falling apart/center cannot hold in that gloomy 1999. (Whoosh, glad we're not on that timeline here!)

As one reader noted, my more recent COSM is like TIMESCAPE on speed, and my next two, THE MARTIAN RACE (December) and EATER (April) will have the same solid scientific background...

Gregory Benford

Book Description:

Scientists in the 60's struggle to interpret a message from the future and prevent catastrophe by changing the course of science itself.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam USA
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0553297090
• ISBN 13: 9780553297096
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 512