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The Far Time Incident

por Neve Maslakovic

Series: Incident Series (1)

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Thanks to the time travel lab at St. Sunniva University, history is no longer a mystery. But when the beloved co-inventor of the university's time machine is inexplicably smeared across time, academic exploration and the future of St. Sunniva is thrown into doubt.As assistant to the dean of science, Julia Olsen is tasked with helping Campus Security Chief Nate Kirkland quietly examine this rare mishap...then, just as quietly, make it go away. But when the investigation indicates that the professor's disappearance may have been a murder, those inspecting the incident unwittingly find themselves caught in a deadly cover-up -- one in which history itself is the weapon.From the snow-blanketed walkways of St. Sunniva's campus to the sun-bleached cobblestone of ancient Pompeii's roads, The Far Time Incident is a lively romp through history, science, and the academic world in the wake of a crime.… (más)
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More things wrong with this that right.

All in all read Connie Willis instead. ( )
  frfeni | Jan 31, 2021 |
Kinda like magic tree tree house but with better gadgets and an opportunity to explore campus archetypes ( )
  nkmunn | Nov 17, 2018 |
I love a good time travel story. The Far Time Incident is told from the point of view of an administrator at a university. One of the professors apparently dies on a time traveling expedition, but there are suspicious circumstances around his disappearance, so the administrator, campus chief of security, and some students and professors investigate his death.

Unfortunately, they take a trip in the time machine just to get the experience of time travel, and they get stuck in the past. That means that they are investigating a murder while they don't actually have any access to the crime scene or any witnesses or suspects. That means that they spend a lot of time sitting around talking about what they remember. This gets really tedious, and distracts from the fun part, which is the time travel. The time travel aspect of the story is fun, but there's nothing particularly new or interesting about the time travel.

I don't regret reading this, but I don't have any interest in the rest of the series. ( )
  Gwendydd | Oct 6, 2016 |
Overall, I enjoyed this book. It wasn't quite as madcap as "Regarding Ducks and Universes." I felt that the story dragged in places, particularly when the characters indulged in speculation about who did it, or debated what to do next. Some of the minor characters (e.g., the grad students) could have been more developed. And it took far too long for the characters to figure out where they were in far time, and to figure out who trashed Secundus' shop. However, the author is clearly familiar with academia, she created some good characters in Julia, Nate, Xavier, and Helen, and I enjoyed reading about what far time was like (though even more details would have been welcome). I'll definitely be reading the sequels. ( )
  iBeth | Feb 4, 2016 |
The basic plot of The Far Time Incident involves the mysterious disappearance of Professor Mooney from the Time Travel Lab at a Minnesota University while on a solo expedition. Foul play is suspected and Julia Olsen, assistant to the dean of science is assigned to help Campus Security Chief Nate Kirkland. The pair soon find themselves caught up in their own time-travel adventure, in ancient Pompei within sight of a rumbling Vesuvius.

The premise of The Far Time Incident is hugely promising, and the ideas of history protecting itself and of ghost zones are well thought out, but the story is devoid of emotion and the plot is not at all thrilling. I liked that the first-person narrator, Julia Olsen, is an ordinary person who leads a normal, unexciting life. I felt that the writer was aiming for humour with her choice of main character but just did not commit to building on the subtle ironic tone she establishes at the start of the book.

After waiting far too long for the action to start, I began to get the impression that the author was stalling, as if unsure of how to move the plot forward. That is the major problem with this novel. It never really gets going. Even when the action starts, it isn't that exiting — a definite prerequisite for a time travel novel I think. A second plot involving a family of former slaves who need help to find out who has ransacked their Garum store doesn't really work. Aside from not being very exciting, the reader already has a lot of characters to keep up with, all of whom are become increasingly sketchy and vague as the story progresses.

There is a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, and a great deal of dull dialogue peppered with historical did-you-knows from the academic characters. Since this is a whodunnit, I understand the author felt she needed to include a wide cast of characters to keep the reader guessing as to who the culprit is. The problem is, Maslakovic is never able to explore a character in depth or build on the relationships between the main characters because she is too busy keeping the reader updated on each of their whereabouts. Instead, I would have liked to see the author build on the conflict existing between English Professor Helen Presnik and her ex-husband Dr. Mooney.

I wanted to feel like I had been transported into the past but the author's sketchy descriptions of the pre-erruption Pompei were not convincing enough. More sensory detail and well-drawn descriptions of the local inhabitants going about their daily life were needed.

Maslakovic's novel appears to be heavily influenced by the Nebula Award-winning Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. Like Willis' sci-fi novel, this is a time-travel thriller that kicks off in a university setting, its troupe of characters all academics. The novel suffers greatly by being so easily compared to Doomsday Book, in that it lacks the excitement, tension and humour that Willis is so adept at conjuring in her book. ( )
2 vota Wordhorse | Mar 20, 2014 |
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Neve Maslakovic's first book, Regarding Ducks and Universes, was an interesting tale about travel to a parallel universe. It was plot driven and its only major flaw was a lack of descriptive information. I was hoping for an even better this time. In the Far Time Incident, she starts with the usual time-travel premise that the past cannot be changed, but adds a twist that the time traveler can go anywhere in the past and talk to anyone as long as the action does not change the present (e.g. if the past-person was to forget the interaction, or perhaps to die before any alterations affect the present). On the other hand, if the interaction does have an impact on the present, the traveler finds his movement constrained by an invisible wall.

The novel is loosely based around a couple of murder mysteries, but they are really just an excuse to travel to the past. Julia is our first person narrator and she is an administrative assistant working in the time travel department of a university. Neve clearly knows the university environment, but it's a bit unfocused because, well, it's about time travel and who cares if Julia's office is in the Hypatia of Alexandria House. She and several others time travel to a destination where we get interesting glimpses into details of everyday life and experience (destination not revealed to avoid a spoiler). It's fun, I enjoyed it and it is a quick read.

My review of her last book docked her 1 star for a lack of descriptive ambiance in her writing. How is the reader to visualize the world in the novel without adequate description? Has she improved in this regard? Maybe somewhat, but she could do better. For instance, for Neve Maslakovic snow is usually just snow (page numbers may change since I have a review copy): p. 5, "Had he run over from the Time Travel Engineering building in the snow, which was still coming down fast?"; p.32, "where the blinds were drawn against the falling snow"; p.41, "Outside my office window, snow still fell thick and quiet."; p.51 "Looks like the snow isn't letting up any time soon." To be fair, she occasionally does better: p.57, "the sun's rays were reflected to summer strength by the freshly fallen snow, and the lake was like a large, round mirror, its surface a solid block of ice." O.K., but still room for improvement.

How should snow be described? Haruki Murakami sometimes writes science fiction/fantasy. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel (translated by Alfred Birnbaum), first Vintage International edition 1993 (paperback)Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel (Vintage International), is a 5 star book, so how does Murakami create the ambiance of snow? p.199 "I awake before dawn to find the Town blanketed in snow. It is a wondrous scene in the somber light. The Clocktower soars black above the whitened world, the dark band of the River flows below. I put on my coat and gloves and descend to the empty streets. There is not yet a footprint in the snow. When I gather the snow in my hands, it crumbles. The edges of the River are frozen, with a dusting of snow. There is no wind, no birds, no movement in the Town. I hear nothing but the crunching of snow under my feet."
añadido por Porterhouse21 | editarAmazon.com, D. C. Eaton (Mar 8, 2013)
 
When a professor’s time-travel lab is the scene of a deadly accident, the academic world and the future of St. Sunniva University get thrown into upheaval. As assistant to the dean of science, Julia Olsen is assigned to help Campus Security Chief Nate Kirkland examine this rare mishap…then make it quietly go away!
But when the investigation points toward murder, Julia and Chief Kirkland find themselves caught in a deadly cover-up, one that strands them in ancient Pompeii on the eve of the eruption of the world’s most infamous volcano. With the help of their companions—a Shakespearean scholar and two grad students—Julia and the chief must outwit history itself and expose the school’s saboteur before it's too late.

The Far Time Incident is a smart, richly inventive novel that skillfully weaves together mystery, history, and science to create a mesmerizing and addictive read.
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Thanks to the time travel lab at St. Sunniva University, history is no longer a mystery. But when the beloved co-inventor of the university's time machine is inexplicably smeared across time, academic exploration and the future of St. Sunniva is thrown into doubt.As assistant to the dean of science, Julia Olsen is tasked with helping Campus Security Chief Nate Kirkland quietly examine this rare mishap...then, just as quietly, make it go away. But when the investigation indicates that the professor's disappearance may have been a murder, those inspecting the incident unwittingly find themselves caught in a deadly cover-up -- one in which history itself is the weapon.From the snow-blanketed walkways of St. Sunniva's campus to the sun-bleached cobblestone of ancient Pompeii's roads, The Far Time Incident is a lively romp through history, science, and the academic world in the wake of a crime.

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