Day 7 ~ Timeline by Michael Crichton

Well here we are at day 7 of the Great New Reads Blog Challenge. For this Challenge I picked one of my favorite

time travel novels ;

Timeline by Michael Crichton

5 stars

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 up 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.

My Take:

The best thing about a Michael Crichton novel is the way he uses cutting edge scientific theories to spur

on interesting and believable story lines in a world that is just over the horizon from where we are.

Timeline follows a group of archeological students who find themselves with the opportunity of a lifetime. To travel,

through the magic of modern science, to the very time in France they are set upon studying. Since I have always 

enjoyed the Medieval times and often fantasized what it would be like to live back then this novel was a real eye opener.

Crichton had an amazing nack to make scientific theories seem like reality. With this novel he takes it one step

further and really showcases how hard life was in the 1350's. Even things like the weight of the armor and swords

would be a huge shock for someone from modern day. This novel really made science and history come alive. 

There is a movie "based" off the book but as is often the case the Novel is so much better. I was glad for the chance to

reread it! Special thanks to Great New Reads for another great prompt.