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Time Rats #2
Dreams of the Machines
To Brian, Angel is the perfect woman; gorgeous, loving and compliant. She’s also an android. He installs an illegal update to make her as smart as she is beautiful – but as soon as Angel is able to think for herself she escapes to the past, hoping to pass for human. Meanwhile the timeline has changed alarmingly; in the new future androids have taken control. It’s Quinn’s job to correct this, and he believes Angel is responsible. Can Jace and Floss save Angel and prevent the android apocalypse?
297 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 29, 2016
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Lexi Revellian
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is my third novel; it's the story of Caz Tallis, who is startled one quiet Sunday morning to find a stranger asleep on her roof terrace...
I enjoy reading intelligent, pacey books with humour, and that's what I try to write. I believe it's a crime to bore the reader.
My day job (using my real name, Lexi Dick) is designing and making jewellery and silver; I've made pieces for Lady Thatcher, the Athenaeum and Her Majesty the Queen.
I enjoy reading intelligent, pacey books with humour, and that's what I try to write. I believe it's a crime to bore the reader.
My day job (using my real name, Lexi Dick) is designing and making jewellery and silver; I've made pieces for Lady Thatcher, the Athenaeum and Her Majesty the Queen.
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February 17, 2017
Dreams of the Machines(Time Rats book 2 ) by Lexi Revellian can be read as a stand alone, I didn't read the first one and was able not to get lost. The book has an android, sex-bot, that is given an upgrade, illegally, and she uses that to get out the time she is in, not just the town! A time police is after her, esp. when they find in the future that androids have taken over. It all sounds corny when I write it but sounds good when the author writes it. Read hers not mine. Good book.
January 5, 2017
Book two of the Time Rats series.
Jace and Floss end up getting involved with a nearly human android, the genius that is obsessed with her, and another illegal time traveller. Can they manage to save the android, prevent a future controlled by robots and avoid the time police?
I usually avoid time travel stories. It is too easy to use time travel to solve all the problems of the characters or to place such strange restrictions on their use of the time travelling device that they might as well not have it. So far, the Time Rats series has managed to avoid these two extremes.
The characters are well developed and easy to like. The story flows well and steadily. This is shaping up to be a very nice series.
I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
Jace and Floss end up getting involved with a nearly human android, the genius that is obsessed with her, and another illegal time traveller. Can they manage to save the android, prevent a future controlled by robots and avoid the time police?
I usually avoid time travel stories. It is too easy to use time travel to solve all the problems of the characters or to place such strange restrictions on their use of the time travelling device that they might as well not have it. So far, the Time Rats series has managed to avoid these two extremes.
The characters are well developed and easy to like. The story flows well and steadily. This is shaping up to be a very nice series.
I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
January 23, 2017
Another great read from this author
I found this book to be a page turner. I was rapidly hooked into a good storyline with more interesting characters. However, there is more here than the storyline. This is the first book where I am aware of the author distinguishing between an AI (a simple artificial intelligence) and an artificial being. The difference being that the artificial being is both self-aware and capable of determining its own actions. This distinction is important because, in my view, an artificial being should have rights.
Ms Revellian illustrates the rights issues very well in this book. I am not sure that this was her intent, I suspect that it has more to do with plot development. If that is the case then I am not complaining. What I found more interesting is how the self-awareness and self-determination developed by way of weakening Asimov's second law of robotics and the consequences of these interventions.
OK, enough of my obsessions. This is a very good read. The ending leaves plenty of opportunities for further developments. I very much look forward to reading another book about the Time Rats. (That robotic snake offers some very interesting possibilities).
I found this book to be a page turner. I was rapidly hooked into a good storyline with more interesting characters. However, there is more here than the storyline. This is the first book where I am aware of the author distinguishing between an AI (a simple artificial intelligence) and an artificial being. The difference being that the artificial being is both self-aware and capable of determining its own actions. This distinction is important because, in my view, an artificial being should have rights.
Ms Revellian illustrates the rights issues very well in this book. I am not sure that this was her intent, I suspect that it has more to do with plot development. If that is the case then I am not complaining. What I found more interesting is how the self-awareness and self-determination developed by way of weakening Asimov's second law of robotics and the consequences of these interventions.
OK, enough of my obsessions. This is a very good read. The ending leaves plenty of opportunities for further developments. I very much look forward to reading another book about the Time Rats. (That robotic snake offers some very interesting possibilities).
March 27, 2018
Jace and Floss set out to rescue an android named Angel, while Quinn is determined to return her to the future she sought to escape, believing she is the cause of a future dominated by androids. Some time travel stories can be confusing, switching from past to future and back again and the possible changes that go along with the travel, but it was easy to follow along with this story--just make sure to keep an eye out for the dates at the beginning of sections.
The plot is well thought out and executed, and makes you wonder about all the damage humans do to our world, and why we, like the androids, can't do more to make our future better.
The plot is well thought out and executed, and makes you wonder about all the damage humans do to our world, and why we, like the androids, can't do more to make our future better.
December 11, 2016
I had high expectations for Lexi Revellian after reading The Trouble With Time. I was curious how she would work the tale of an android trying to pass herself off as human into the world of Time Rats.
While the Pinocchio trope is nothing new, and I’ve read other authors that wrote it better, Lexi’s sophomore publication in the Time Rats series is an easy, fun read. You don’t need to have read book one to enjoy book two, but do yourself a favor and read them both.
I look forward to reading more in this series, and hope to support Lexi on future Kindle Scout endevors.
While the Pinocchio trope is nothing new, and I’ve read other authors that wrote it better, Lexi’s sophomore publication in the Time Rats series is an easy, fun read. You don’t need to have read book one to enjoy book two, but do yourself a favor and read them both.
I look forward to reading more in this series, and hope to support Lexi on future Kindle Scout endevors.
March 25, 2019
Good clean fun
As a lover of time travel stories Books 1 & 2 weave a complex story of past, present and future. As you follow the characters you find them change from good to bad and in between. Time changes people as they encounter each other and challenges they over come or allow problems to over come them. This would make a great movie on the big screen. Very clean without the need for unnecessary bedroom scenes. Very refreshing.
As a lover of time travel stories Books 1 & 2 weave a complex story of past, present and future. As you follow the characters you find them change from good to bad and in between. Time changes people as they encounter each other and challenges they over come or allow problems to over come them. This would make a great movie on the big screen. Very clean without the need for unnecessary bedroom scenes. Very refreshing.
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June 26, 2018Good enough for me to buy the next book in the series.
January 8, 2018
More Please Lexi !!....I've really enjoyed books 1&2 of the time rats and I'd love there to be more to come !. There's something really fascinating in the way Lexi writes her sci fi , in the way we get to know and feel for the characters and the way Lexi paints the future worlds, forever changing! is very clever. I must admit I haven't read any of her other books but i am sure ill get around to it sometime, but I am not into the romantic stuff . I certainly lost myself in these time travel books as its a subject I am drawn too .Lexi certainly deserves some recognition for these well written and exciting tales....I can see them being made into a film or even a TV series !.
December 12, 2019
Enjoyable second book in series.
This was an enjoyable book because it introduced a couple of new characters and developed old ones a little more. It had plenty of action and thrills. I'll definitely read the next one in the s series when available.
This was an enjoyable book because it introduced a couple of new characters and developed old ones a little more. It had plenty of action and thrills. I'll definitely read the next one in the s series when available.
October 7, 2017
I enjoyed this book. I don't think it was as good as the first one though.
March 1, 2018
Review time rats two
Very canny as good as time rats 1 look forward to next in series and hope there is more to come
Very canny as good as time rats 1 look forward to next in series and hope there is more to come
May 10, 2022
3.5. Nice continuation. Enjoyable.
October 7, 2019
Time Rats...
A complete worldview complete with a flexible and adaptive history. Impossible to classify as fantasy. It may well be in the process of fulfilment.
A complete worldview complete with a flexible and adaptive history. Impossible to classify as fantasy. It may well be in the process of fulfilment.
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