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Time Traders 1. The Time Traders (1958) 2. Galactic Derelict (1959) 3. The Defiant Agents (1962) 4. Key Out of Time (1963) ...and Norton died in 2005 according to fantasticfiction. So, they should all still be in copyright. I know that Time Traders is in the baen free library. Perhaps others were on the Baen CDs? BOb |
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01-26-2009, 09:26 PM | #17 |
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I surprised myself by finishing the book. The first page put me off it with the description of Murdock, and it never really got much better. The whole cold war, anti USSR tone was overdone, f'r example the assumption that the only way the Russians could be technologically advanced would be with the help of alien technology rankled; and the speed that Murdoch decided to be a teamplayer because he didn't like the other side seemed like just so much propaganda. I know it was written in the 50s, and may have been less remarkable then, but to a reader now it jars.
It was fast paced, but there was no real substance to it. I won't be reading the rest of the series. In fact I was hoping they'd all get shot down in a ball of fire when they got back to Earth. |
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Galactic Derelict is also the second half of the volume "The Time Traders" that you can download free from the Baen Free Library. Lots of formats, no DRM, no cost... what's not to like?
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I would call the Time Traders a typical science fiction book of the 1950’s; not particularly exciting today but would have been a better read in the 50’s. At first I did not think I would finish it but I am glad I stuck it out.
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Time Traders, by far, was one of the worst books I've ever had the misfortune of reading. That is really all I have to say.
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Honestly, I'd like to know more about your opinions. I've enjoyed reading your opinions over the past several months very much.
Did anything address the current world events, such as the beginnings of the Cold War and nuclear arms race? Was Civil Rights and racial discrimination against man or alien touched upon? Or Equal Rights for women? Did anything ring true and apply to today as well as it did to the 50's? Or was the book truly just a fluffy bit of escapism? |
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I found Time Trader to be a bit of fluff. I did read the second book in the series and it wasn't any better.
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I originally did not remember reading this book, but after reading half way through, remembered it. It was much more fun reading it as an early teen in a time when the Red Menace was still extant, than as a jaded middle ager in the post Reagan Era. I also remember the suit being more cool back then. I am going to read the rest of the series, mostly because I want to either resurrect pleasant memories of Andre, or kill them off all togehter. Although, I do enjoy the series she collaborated with Sasha Miller on, something like Oak Thorn, Yew and Ash... That may be more to do with Sasha being a friend and mentor than with Andre, though.
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But the Van Allen belt was discovered in early 1958 - so maybe, at the time, it was considered an insuperable barrier to manned missions, and Norton was incorporating that idea. |
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