TIME TRAP (First Baen printing: July 1987)
2 journalers for this copy...
A REVIEW FROM AMAZON:
This is a book I read when I was a kid (okay, that gives you a good approximation of my age, which is mid-30s).
It was intriguing, and most importantly, funny. I loved it and later I wanted to read it again and could never remember the title or the author.
I spent (no lie) 20 years asking my science ficition-reading friends if they knew which book it was I read and loved about a Rutabaga on a motorcycle traveling through four dimensions. I got quite a few blank stares and people backing up away from me and trying to get away quickly and quietly. But, finally, I found this book in a used bookstore in 1997 and I had REDISCOVERED it.
I was happy to read it again and even happier to be able to prove that I hadn't imagined such a wacko story line.
I recommend this book for those who like the sort of humor in the Retief series, or the kind of humor that Roger Zelazney had, and similar to the tone of some of Douglas Adams' stuff. Most of all, I think it reminds me of Zelazney's "Doorways in the Sand". I recommend this book.
It's worth a read.
It's short, and it will never win a writing prize from an Ivy League college, but I enjoyed the heck outta this story. I personally own three copies, although that is, admittedly, excessive. This book lead me to other Laumer books, including series on Lafayette O'Leary (which also amuses me greatly).
This is a book I read when I was a kid (okay, that gives you a good approximation of my age, which is mid-30s).
It was intriguing, and most importantly, funny. I loved it and later I wanted to read it again and could never remember the title or the author.
I spent (no lie) 20 years asking my science ficition-reading friends if they knew which book it was I read and loved about a Rutabaga on a motorcycle traveling through four dimensions. I got quite a few blank stares and people backing up away from me and trying to get away quickly and quietly. But, finally, I found this book in a used bookstore in 1997 and I had REDISCOVERED it.
I was happy to read it again and even happier to be able to prove that I hadn't imagined such a wacko story line.
I recommend this book for those who like the sort of humor in the Retief series, or the kind of humor that Roger Zelazney had, and similar to the tone of some of Douglas Adams' stuff. Most of all, I think it reminds me of Zelazney's "Doorways in the Sand". I recommend this book.
It's worth a read.
It's short, and it will never win a writing prize from an Ivy League college, but I enjoyed the heck outta this story. I personally own three copies, although that is, admittedly, excessive. This book lead me to other Laumer books, including series on Lafayette O'Leary (which also amuses me greatly).
Arrived safely today.
Strange things begin occurring around the world - a Portuguese galleon from the 16th Century is picked up by the Coast Guard, Abraham Lincoln walks into an Arabian town, and Roger Tyson meets an alien. Which then sets him off on an adventure through time and space.
This is a silly little science fiction story, but I enjoyed it. And the ending was quite satisfactory, which was a nice surprise.
This is a silly little science fiction story, but I enjoyed it. And the ending was quite satisfactory, which was a nice surprise.
Journal Entry 4 by RockDg9 at West Creek Reserve, Alderley Street in Toowoomba, Queensland Australia on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Released 14 yrs ago (3/17/2010 UTC) at West Creek Reserve, Alderley Street in Toowoomba, Queensland Australia
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Left in the gazebo with the BBQ.
Left in the gazebo with the BBQ.