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.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and cool.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Michael Crichton
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 512
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning Prebound, Le Grand livre du mois, Random House Audio
- Editions
- 64
- Language
- Italian, Chinese, German, French
- ISBN
- 9780375404351
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