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Thursday, April 03, 2008
The Year of the Quiet Sun (1970)
Written in 1970, this pessimistic time travel novel, a Hugo Award finalist, begins in 1978 when Brain Cheney is more or less drafted into a mysterious government project. Chaney is a Biblical scholar of sorts whose book debunking certain ancient scrolls has irritated many Christians around the country but he is also a professional demographer and has already produced one report for the government predicting how current trends will impact the near future. The government believes him to be perfect for this new project. Who better to send into the future in the new time machine invented by the Bureau of Weights and Measures than a man experienced in predicting that very future?
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This one sounds good, Sam! I admit to being a fan of time-travel and "laugh out loud...cleverness" sounds good, too!
ReplyDeleteThis was a pleasant surprise for me, Jenclair, because I was afraid that it would be "dated" to the point that I couldn't enjoy it. I didn't find it that way at all. Let me know what you think if you do find the time to read this one.
ReplyDeleteHa! I finally found a copy at one of my local independent bookstores. It's up next, next being relative to the dreaded April 15th.
ReplyDeleteWay to go, Carrie. I hope you enjoy the book as much as I did. Do let me know...
ReplyDeleteI did enjoy it! I was surprised at the "twist" because it seemed more like a given but then Earth Abides did something similarly "twisty".
ReplyDeleteOh, I also meant to say that I was expecting it to be a Da Vinci Code type of twist too. Pop Culture lives.
ReplyDeleteHappy that you enjoyed it, Carrie, and that the twist was interesting to you. I honestly just didn't see it coming and wondered if I should have picked up on some missed clues.
ReplyDeleteI must be the last person on earth not to have read the Da Vinci Code book...it just didn't appeal to me when I picked it up in a bookstore...too choppy. I hate all those short little "chapters" that some authors use because it seems like a crutch or a screen play.