Timescape: A Novel

Name: Timescape: A Novel
Price: 8.99 USD
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Rating: 4.1 (616 reviews)
Author: Gregory Benford

by Gregory Benford

Literary Fiction Science Fiction

4.1 (616)

4.1 stars from 616 reviews. Top 94% of Literary Fiction books we track.

414 pages~6.9 hr readPublished by SpectraPublished 1980-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You love hard science fiction grounded in real physics and believable characters wrestling with extraordinary problems.
You enjoy narratives that hop between timelines and reward careful attention to how past and future connect.
You appreciate slower-burn stories where the emotional stakes matter as much as the scientific ones.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer fast-paced action and clear heroes versus villains over cerebral problem-solving and moral ambiguity.
You want futuristic technology and alien worlds rather than grounded, near-future Earth and university laboratories.
You're looking for a quick read; this is a meaty, challenging novel that demands engagement.

About this book

Winner of the 1980 Nebula Award, Timescape is a science fiction novel that combines hard science, bold speculation, and human drama. The story unfolds across two time periods. In 1998, Earth faces ecological disaster. A tachyon scientist in England attempts to contact the past to warn people of the consequences their actions and experiments have caused to the planet. In 1962, during the Kennedy presidency, Gordon Bernstein, a young assistant researcher at a California university, detects unusual interference patterns in a lab experiment. Despite ridicule and opposition, Bernstein pursues the investigation and begins to uncover a truth that will transform his life and alter history—a truth about time itself.

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Currently around #22K in the Kindle store — a steady mid-list seller.

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Currently 4.1★ from 616 reviews

Gaining approximately 3 new reviews per month. Rating has dipped slightly from 4.2 to 4.1.

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