Timeline
- 512
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
- Film 2003
- On screen
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Our view
“Timeline” is Crichton in his element: a scientific premise explained just far enough to launch a headlong medieval adventure. The quantum theory behind the time travel is a clever pretext; the book comes alive in fourteenth-century France. Some readers find one of the central characters grating, or quibble with details of its picture of the past. As fast, light entertainment across five hundred pages, it has aged well.
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About the book
Timeline is a science fiction novel by American writer Michael Crichton, his twelfth under his own name and twenty-second overall, published in November 1999. It tells the story of a group of history students who travel to 14th-century France to rescue their professor. The book follows in Crichton's long history of combining science, technical details, and action in his books, this time addressing quantum and multiverse theory.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen once.
- FilmTimelineIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 642 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 81% of the weight and the score stays at 7.3 — the Thriller average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.0 | 61 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 7.3 | 581 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is Timeline?
It has 512 pages — longer than 65% of the ranked books in Thriller.
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