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Title: Narrow Escape-ist Literature
Review: As predictable as San Diego weather and sprouting more recipes than Julia Child, "Timeline" will appeal to every reader nostalgic for Frank and Joe Hardy. The characters here are their archaeological equivalent: to say they are one-dimensional begs for the possibility of less than one dimension to adequately describe them. This would require a quirk in the physical world, with which "Timeline" abounds. In fact, Crichton's articulation of how time travel might be possible is the book's only saving grace. From there (about midway through), it descends into a series of scenes that read like treatments for the movie it will inevitably become. How surPRISED we are that the good guys live and the bad ones die! How unUSUAL that the 'Timeline' clicks down to the FINAL SECOND before the dramatic rescue! How enlightening to find that knights had halitosis! Do crack the cover if you're so inclined. Just, please, wake me when it's over.
