Timeline

A Novel

By: Michael Crichton

Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd

Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

In an Arizona desert a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only known associates. Halfway around the world archaeologists make a shocking discovery at a medieval site. Suddenly they are swept off to the headquarters of a secretive multinational corporation that has developed an astounding technology. Now this group is about to get a chance not to study the past but to enter it. And with history opened to the present, the dead awakened to the living, these men and women will soon find themselves fighting for their very survival—six hundred years ago. . . .

©1999 by Michael Crichton (P)1999 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House Inc.

Critic reviews

"COMPULSIVE READING . . . BRILLIANTLY IMAGINED."--Los Angeles Times

"EXCITING . . . CLASSIC ADVENTURE . . . [A] SWASHBUCKLING NOVEL . . . CRICHTON DELIVERS."--USA Today

"MORE SCREAMS PER PAGE . . . THAN JURASSIC PARK AND THE LOST WORLD COMBINED. . . . THE PACE WILL LEAVE MANY BREATHLESSLY GRASPING FOR OXYGEN MASKS."--San Diego Union-Tribune

I enjoyed this!

I enjoyed this book. Started a little slow but picked up very nicely.

Timeline

I read this book in paperform and I loved it, in audio form it was just as good, EXCEPT , the reader was not my favorite. I hate to be critical, he made no reading errors, but he was very monotone in a lot of parts and his selected voice for one of the main charactors sounded like a bad impression of Arnold..but as far as the story itself, it's a real good one. It's worth a read if you like time travel / scifi/ and sword fights......all of which I love

Good story, mediocre narration.

unfortunately a few of the narrators were really annoying. One of the character voices was barely audible. Story was good.

Action pack book -- Discover middle age secrets

Great book. It combines perfectly history, science, and science fiction. The story looks very believable. Attention to details makes this book a most read. I have bought the hardcover, the e-book and the audible version. All are very good. I really like to read while listening to the audible version. I have noticed some differences between the audible version and the book. But this makes audible more interesting.

Great book! Awesome performance.

Warning! This book will interfere with your sleep cycle. It's a very good book. Buy it.

The superior siege engine

It’s pronounced ‘trebushay’ not ‘trebusheT’. Gosh that was annoying. Not near as annoying as the exceedingly long pauses between sections.

Otherwise it was a good recording, good performance. Good story.

great story

Thrilling story with very fun ideas on time travel, and a almost magical midevil land full of knights and brigands!

I love Michael Crichton books

I’ve just finished 3 Michael Crichton books in a row... Congo, Sphere, and Timeline ... all so different but all typical Michael Crichton. He teaches you a lot in his books. He really does his homework and can literally transport you to that other part of the world, other culture, or even other time period. His science is good (except when he tells you it’s not). He really knows how to develop characters and plotI highly recommend his books. (And I’ve still got more to go.). And as usual inAudible books, the narration is so good. Helps me “read at times I couldn’t otherwise!

Better than the movie

I liked the book, the movie wasn't great, but this was better than the movie. #PastMeetsPresent #SelfDiscovery #Gritty #Magical #Tagsgiving #Sweepstakes

Movie vs Book

Over all, I liked the book more. However, I did like the very ending of the movie more. In particular the figures holding hands, and the message on the crypt.