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Title: Changing the past to change the future
Review: If you could change any moment in history, would you do it even if it meant a one way trip to the past? This is the premis for Pastwatch. A group of scientists using a machine called Trusite II can go to any moment in time to watch the period. These group of scientists decide to change the voyage of Chistopher Colombis to protect the natives of the New World from the Spaniards.Card deftly blends fact and fiction to write an engrossing story from both the scientists point of view as well as Colombis. Unlike many stories about accidental temporal time displacement, the characters intrude willfully. The only complaint I have is there aren't any unforseen consequences from the time displacement. It would have been very interesting if Card would have ended with a worse ending for the new world than he did because of unforseen problems. This is a very fast read and a nice job.
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