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| Original Title: | El mapa del tiempo |
| ISBN: | 1439167397 (ISBN13: 9781439167397) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Trilogía Victoriana #1, Trilogía Victoriana (Orden de lectura) #2 |
| Setting: | London, England(United Kingdom) |
| Literary Awards: | Premio Ateneo de Sevilla (2008), Premio Ignotus Nominee for Mejor novela (2009) |
Félix J. Palma
Hardcover | Pages: 613 pages Rating: 3.38 | 11514 Users | 2275 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Map of Time (Trilogía Victoriana #1) |
| Author | : | Félix J. Palma |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 613 pages |
| Published | : | June 2011 by Atria Books (first published January 1st 2008) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Science Fiction. Steampunk. Fiction. Time Travel |
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This rollicking page-turner with a cast of real and imagined literary characters and cunning intertwined plots stars a skeptical H.G. Wells as a time-traveling investigator.Characters real and imaginary come vividly to life in this whimsical triple play of intertwined plots, in which a skeptical H. G. Wells is called upon to investigate purported incidents of time travel and to save lives and literary classics, including Dracula and The Time Machine, from being wiped from existence.
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Ratings: 3.38 From 11514 Users | 2275 ReviewsColumn Out Of Books The Map of Time (Trilogía Victoriana #1)
The Map of Time is a wonderful novel in three parts. In the first, H.G. Wells assists in traveling to the past to prevent a murder. In the second, H.G Wells bridges the gap between the future and the present. In the third, H.G. Wells must make a decision that will chart the course of the future. The fist two stories contain romantic elements while the third is a bit of a mystery. All of the stories overlap a bit bringing different characters together at different points in time. The end resultVery interesting.A little too much exposition in places, but overall I enjoyed it (despite taking insanely long to finish it...)
The less said about this book the better. Do you enjoy magic tricks even though it's all sleight of hand? Can you simply enjoy the construction of a novel? I loved every moment I spent with this new and talented author. A little bit of The Prestige, some Neil Gaiman, completely original. I'm not even sure where to put this title. Fantasy? Fiction? Science Fiction? Steampunk? It's all of these. One of the best, and one of my favorites, of the year. Beautifully written.
Felix Palma is a fairly talented writer of prose, but not a talented storyteller. Not in the least. Although the writing is smooth and velvety, the book is actually a jumble of confused plot lines mixed up in a hundred different stories that do nothing to capture the imagination or tie up the frayed ends. I'm not a fan of time-travel stories. I think they're terrifically lazy. They seem to me to be so popular because everyone fantasizes about traveling through time- mostly in some selfish way
http://www.rantingdragon.com/the-map-...The Map of Time by esteemed Spanish author Felix J. Palma is a mesmerising work of literary fiction with speculative aspects and pays unabashed homage to H. G. Wells The Time Machine. Expertly translated from Palmas native Spanish by Nick Caistor, The Map of Time is finally ready to enthrall English speaking readers with its lyrical prose and unique narrative voice.Our story begins in 1896 London where H. G. Wells latest Scientific Romance, The Time
This book was a big disappointment to me. The cover, the synopses, the reviews all had me ready to read a book about the mysteries of time travel. Instead, set in late Victorian era London "The Map of Time" gives readers a bit of a love story, a bit of mystery, a bit of science fiction, even a bit of biography, but it fails to fully develop any of these aspects and left me feeling cheated on all fronts.Palma does a fine job of setting the Victorian stage. Historical fiction lovers will gobble up
I wanted to like this book so much. It is supposed to be an international phenomenon of a book. It is all about time travel, romance, history, and features H.G. Wells as a major character. All of that leads me to think it would be incredibly intriguing and probably make for a wild ride. But this was SO NOT THE CASE.The basic story is comprised of 3 parts - the first is about a man who is mourning the loss of a woman he loved and was slaughtered by Jack the Ripper, and is convinced he can go back
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