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Title: Utterly forgettable sci-fi
Review: There really isn't much good to say of this book. It mashes together time travel, cyberpunk, combat and horror. If you are really into sci-fi, go for it. If not, it'll just confirm your prejudices against the genre.The plot is really an excuse to string along a bunch of jumps back in time by the good guys, who are fighting bad guys. With lots and lots of cool weapons, historical settings and dinosaurs. And, wait, there's more: a really really bad guy (Cowl) and a light-years-sized monster, the Tor. The combat scenes are cool, the historical scenes are cool. Great brain candy.Naively, I kept on expecting some plot to develop, and a larger meaning to come out, but it never quite happened. It does seem like there were bits and pieces of several interesting books here, but the sum was very much less than its parts. Bad 1950's sci-fi updated to 2005.Wanna try Neal Asher? "The Skinner" is much, much better.
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