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Title: A rip-off and not even a good one.
Review: My goodness, this was an unoriginal, cliché-ridden, and predictable piece of junk. Scientists and historians travel through time back to medieval Europe and CAN'T GET BACK...imagine! If you've ever read A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT or seen a bad STAR TREK holodeck episode, you already know the whole story and will guess the ending long before the halfway point. One could have forgiven the lack of originality, though, if the writing was up to Crichton's best. TIMELINE, however, is a wandering mess, the plot bursting with outrageous contrivances, tangential, unresolved subplots-a suspicious policeman's investigation disappears without a trace halfway through the book-and the lamest "cliffhangers" you're likely to find this side of Superman. I finished this dud slack-jawed, not wanting to believe that one of my favorite authors could publish such rubbish. Unfortunately, he can and he did.
