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Bump Time Trilogy #2
Bump Time Meridian
David "Diesel" Lagerford rides his T-box across timelines, where each stop is a parallel world with its own Diesel, wife Lilah, and daughter Rose. Its origin uncertain, the T-box is safe for any of the Diesels to use, and they do so to gather and bond in a tight brotherhood. But instant death awaits all other would-be travelers, a limitation unacceptable to the Lilahs and Roses. Determined to travel the timelines themselves, the "sisters" work to reverse engineer the T-box. But in their rush to succeed, they inadvertently expose the technology to an outsider-Sparky Fontaine-who exploits the information to build his own device. Intent on gaining immense wealth and power, Sparky uses his T-box to kidnap Diesel, and then makes alarming demands for his safe return. Cornered, the Lagerfords devise a high-stakes rescue gambit. But how do they locate a hostage adrift in time? And can they execute their plan without revealing their secret to the world?
378 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 2020
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Doug J. Cooper
11 books469 followersWhen he is not writing science fiction novels, Doug fills his day working as a professor emeritus of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at UConn, and as founder and director of Control Station, Inc. His passions include telling inventive tales, mentoring driven individuals, and everything sci-tech. He lives in Connecticut with his darling wife and with pictures of his son, who is off somewhere in the world creating adventures of his own.
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May 10, 2020
Time Travel made fun, full of pitfalls and even a villain or two looking to profit in the past for their future! Sound a little crazy? Wait until you meet Diesel, (all of them), Lilah, (all of them) and their daughter Rose, (all of them) as they cross timelines, create futuristic machines and face a kidnapping that could destroy them all.
BUMP TIME MERIDIAN by Doug J. Cooper is a mash up of science fiction, adventure and suspense and it’s all wrapped up in a family saga that spans generations. Fun reading, fantasy at its creative best, let your imagination run free and you’ll find yourself believing that not only could time travel be possible, but just maybe a meeting of the minds of past, present and future selves could be possible!
Doug J. Cooper has a gift for story telling that is upbeat, intense and features things from left field that come together in a kaleidoscope of wonderful reading entertainment! Even his villains aren’t all bad, well, the human ones, anyway.
Highly recommended for a real escape into the possibilities fantasy provides! Think about it, wouldn’t you like to see your future self or revisit your past self?
I received a complimentary ARC edition from Doug J. Cooper! This is my honest and voluntary review.
Series: Bump Time - Book 2
Publication Date: May 30, 2020
Publisher: Doug J. Cooper
Genre: Science Fiction | Time Travel
Print Length: 380 pages
Available from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
For Reviews, Giveaways, Fabulous Book News, follow: http://tometender.blogspot.com
BUMP TIME MERIDIAN by Doug J. Cooper is a mash up of science fiction, adventure and suspense and it’s all wrapped up in a family saga that spans generations. Fun reading, fantasy at its creative best, let your imagination run free and you’ll find yourself believing that not only could time travel be possible, but just maybe a meeting of the minds of past, present and future selves could be possible!
Doug J. Cooper has a gift for story telling that is upbeat, intense and features things from left field that come together in a kaleidoscope of wonderful reading entertainment! Even his villains aren’t all bad, well, the human ones, anyway.
Highly recommended for a real escape into the possibilities fantasy provides! Think about it, wouldn’t you like to see your future self or revisit your past self?
I received a complimentary ARC edition from Doug J. Cooper! This is my honest and voluntary review.
Series: Bump Time - Book 2
Publication Date: May 30, 2020
Publisher: Doug J. Cooper
Genre: Science Fiction | Time Travel
Print Length: 380 pages
Available from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
For Reviews, Giveaways, Fabulous Book News, follow: http://tometender.blogspot.com
May 9, 2020
I was kindly given a free ARC version of "Bump Time Meridian" in exchange for an honest review.
I was so looking forward to reading this book. Last year I stumbled over Doug J Cooper on Goodreads. He invited readers and bloggers to review the first book of his "Bump Time" trilogy, and on a whim, I signed up.
That was one of my best reading decisions ever. I so loved the first book. It ended with a huge cliff hanger, and I was so curious how it would go on. When I got Doug's email asking for reviewers of the second book "Bump Time Meridian", I could not resist. And again I was not disappointed.
I think the first book put more emphasis on the superpower AI that acts in the background, Diesels development and the relationship between Diesel and Leilah. This second book shows more about their daughter Rose and how a mission to save Leilah can go horribly wrong. It again ends with a great cliff hanger, and I can't wait to read the last book in the series. It left me with so many questions that I can't wait to have answered in the last book.
Admittedly, I needed a little to get back into the story and remember who was who and what exactly was going on. The chapter which gives a summary of book one plus an extra introduction to Rose and @Ciopova the AI helped a lot. It was great to see how the Leilahs and Roses of several timelines worked together to create a solution to Leilah's future death. Like in the first book, I felt the female characters have as much importance as the male, which kept me reading the first book.
The new "badie" character Sparky Fontaine felt a little flat. But I might have missed some parts of his backstory as I was skipping some to get to the end faster. However, the idea that someone else picks up the advanced technology was subconsciously on my mind while reading the first book. So it was great to see it incorporated in the second.
It was also interesting to see that I wasn't so much bothered about the power of AI in our lives as I was while reading the last book. Maybe I got more used to the idea of AI taking tasks in our lives over. I have to admit that I found the concept of household AI doing tasks for me very attractive.
The question that bothered me this time was the changing of the past. Most science fiction that worked with time travel warned its characters not to change anything as it would change the future in unforeseen ways. This series, however, plays with the idea of multiple timelines that have no impact on each other. So many more possibilities are there for the author to play with.
Dough J Cooper's writing style doesn't work with too many technical expressions. So it was easy to understand this fiction world full of AI and self-driving or -flying vehicles. The worlds in this series are also close enough to today's reality.
Anybody who loves science fiction in connection with time travel will love this series as it plays with a different concept of time travel. I believe it is also an excellent entry book for someone who wants to find out if he or she likes science fiction
I was so looking forward to reading this book. Last year I stumbled over Doug J Cooper on Goodreads. He invited readers and bloggers to review the first book of his "Bump Time" trilogy, and on a whim, I signed up.
That was one of my best reading decisions ever. I so loved the first book. It ended with a huge cliff hanger, and I was so curious how it would go on. When I got Doug's email asking for reviewers of the second book "Bump Time Meridian", I could not resist. And again I was not disappointed.
I think the first book put more emphasis on the superpower AI that acts in the background, Diesels development and the relationship between Diesel and Leilah. This second book shows more about their daughter Rose and how a mission to save Leilah can go horribly wrong. It again ends with a great cliff hanger, and I can't wait to read the last book in the series. It left me with so many questions that I can't wait to have answered in the last book.
Admittedly, I needed a little to get back into the story and remember who was who and what exactly was going on. The chapter which gives a summary of book one plus an extra introduction to Rose and @Ciopova the AI helped a lot. It was great to see how the Leilahs and Roses of several timelines worked together to create a solution to Leilah's future death. Like in the first book, I felt the female characters have as much importance as the male, which kept me reading the first book.
The new "badie" character Sparky Fontaine felt a little flat. But I might have missed some parts of his backstory as I was skipping some to get to the end faster. However, the idea that someone else picks up the advanced technology was subconsciously on my mind while reading the first book. So it was great to see it incorporated in the second.
It was also interesting to see that I wasn't so much bothered about the power of AI in our lives as I was while reading the last book. Maybe I got more used to the idea of AI taking tasks in our lives over. I have to admit that I found the concept of household AI doing tasks for me very attractive.
The question that bothered me this time was the changing of the past. Most science fiction that worked with time travel warned its characters not to change anything as it would change the future in unforeseen ways. This series, however, plays with the idea of multiple timelines that have no impact on each other. So many more possibilities are there for the author to play with.
Dough J Cooper's writing style doesn't work with too many technical expressions. So it was easy to understand this fiction world full of AI and self-driving or -flying vehicles. The worlds in this series are also close enough to today's reality.
Anybody who loves science fiction in connection with time travel will love this series as it plays with a different concept of time travel. I believe it is also an excellent entry book for someone who wants to find out if he or she likes science fiction
July 30, 2020
I read the entire Crystal Series and the first book of Bump Time Series, Bump Time Origin, and enjoyed all of them! When Bump Time Meridian (Bump Time Series Book 2) released, I added it to my TBR list. Finally got to it and here are my thoughts!
Synopsis (from the author):
David “Diesel” Lagerford rides his T-box across timelines, where each stop is a parallel world with its own Diesel, wife Lilah, and daughter Rose. Its origin uncertain, the T-box is safe for any of the Diesels to use, and they do so to gather and bond in a tight brotherhood. But instant death awaits all other would-be travelers, a limitation unacceptable to the Lilahs and Roses. Determined to travel the timelines themselves, the “sisters” work to reverse engineer the T-box. But in their rush to succeed, they inadvertently expose the technology to an outsider—Sparky Fontaine—who exploits the information to build his own device. Intent on gaining immense wealth and power, Sparky uses his T-box to kidnap Diesel, and then makes alarming demands for his safe return. Cornered, the Lagerfords devise a high-stakes rescue gambit. But how do they locate a hostage adrift in time? And can they execute their plan without revealing their secret to the world?
What I liked:
Doug J. Cooper did a great job with the time travel concept. I liked the introduction of a new antagonist (not that the AI has disappeared) and how the Lilahs and Roses took on a more active role in the story. Sparky was a good adversary and his efforts to exploit the T-box and ultimate resolution made for a good read. Overall, Bump Time Meridian entertained me!
What I didn’t like:
My only complaint is that it is still a bit difficult to keep up with the various timelines and which Diesel is doing what. Other than that, no issues!
Overall impression:
A good second book in the series. If you like sci-fi with a cool twist on time travel thrown in, read Bump Time Meridian (after you read Bump Time Origin, of course)!
My rating:
4.5 stars (rounded to 5 stars)
Synopsis (from the author):
David “Diesel” Lagerford rides his T-box across timelines, where each stop is a parallel world with its own Diesel, wife Lilah, and daughter Rose. Its origin uncertain, the T-box is safe for any of the Diesels to use, and they do so to gather and bond in a tight brotherhood. But instant death awaits all other would-be travelers, a limitation unacceptable to the Lilahs and Roses. Determined to travel the timelines themselves, the “sisters” work to reverse engineer the T-box. But in their rush to succeed, they inadvertently expose the technology to an outsider—Sparky Fontaine—who exploits the information to build his own device. Intent on gaining immense wealth and power, Sparky uses his T-box to kidnap Diesel, and then makes alarming demands for his safe return. Cornered, the Lagerfords devise a high-stakes rescue gambit. But how do they locate a hostage adrift in time? And can they execute their plan without revealing their secret to the world?
What I liked:
Doug J. Cooper did a great job with the time travel concept. I liked the introduction of a new antagonist (not that the AI has disappeared) and how the Lilahs and Roses took on a more active role in the story. Sparky was a good adversary and his efforts to exploit the T-box and ultimate resolution made for a good read. Overall, Bump Time Meridian entertained me!
What I didn’t like:
My only complaint is that it is still a bit difficult to keep up with the various timelines and which Diesel is doing what. Other than that, no issues!
Overall impression:
A good second book in the series. If you like sci-fi with a cool twist on time travel thrown in, read Bump Time Meridian (after you read Bump Time Origin, of course)!
My rating:
4.5 stars (rounded to 5 stars)
June 29, 2020
In the second book of the Bump Time series, the Davids from over a 30 year sequence of time universes continue to meet in order to oversee potential disruptions within the timelines. However, since the T-boxes are designed to transport only with an uncontaminated (unclothed) David, Rose, David’s grown-up daughter, in timeline 55 (noted by David’s current age in the current timeline) has been working to create an unfiltered T-box that will allow her and her younger Lilah mothers in earlier timelines to also travel and connect in person. After doing some testing with Lilah in timeline 35 with messages passed between them by David 35, she sends out a message signal throughout the closest timelines with instructions on how to create the unfiltered boxes, but she is unaware that Sparky, a nearby tech guy in her timeline, has intercepted the message and now seeks to use the technology to make himself and fellow timeline Sparkys rich, even if it means kidnapping traveling David 35 or young Rose in timeline 34 to achieve his goal. The timeline universe tech mythology is still complicated for readers, but the suspense thriller elements provide some solid action for readers to connect with as the timeline Davids, Lilahs, and Roses seek to stop the villainous, greedy Sparkys. How will they save the day?
August 29, 2021
Interesting take on time travel
Being able to work with different versions of yourself makes this a new take on time travel gendre. Throw in a bad guy who can find ways to tie you up can make things more difficult for a while. Getting rid of your problems aka Sparky would be so much easier. I'm glad someone finally had the guts to take the proper solution. The twins were left hanging in the end. That needs to be resolved.
Being able to work with different versions of yourself makes this a new take on time travel gendre. Throw in a bad guy who can find ways to tie you up can make things more difficult for a while. Getting rid of your problems aka Sparky would be so much easier. I'm glad someone finally had the guts to take the proper solution. The twins were left hanging in the end. That needs to be resolved.
December 20, 2021
Another excellent story that brings in new villains even as the evil AI remains a threat. The author does a fine job of keeping all the characters straight for the reader, and in this case, that's not easy. The Lagerfords are challenged by a greedy stranger(s) who stumble onto the time jump process and who dream of becoming the ultimate ruler. Suspense builds until the last chapter, and yet, book 3 is coming soon. I can't wait.
March 10, 2022
Not quite as enjoyable as the first book in the series. Obviously as with all sequels, the novelty of the unique situation the author created has worn off. The writing isn't quite as witty and the plot line isn't quite as engaging.
Especially the main villain. He's essentially a cartoon character - I can picture him wringing his hands like Montgomery Burns from the Simpsons or Dr. Evil from Austin Powers.
That and there's the increased presence of this all-powerful, almost-omnipotent-but-for-some-reason-not-quite AI that can control millions of people's lives but is completely powerless in certain ways when it's relevant to the plot.
I still enjoyed the book, but the first was much better.
Especially the main villain. He's essentially a cartoon character - I can picture him wringing his hands like Montgomery Burns from the Simpsons or Dr. Evil from Austin Powers.
That and there's the increased presence of this all-powerful, almost-omnipotent-but-for-some-reason-not-quite AI that can control millions of people's lives but is completely powerless in certain ways when it's relevant to the plot.
I still enjoyed the book, but the first was much better.
January 8, 2024
This one is keeping me on the edge of my seat.
February 11, 2024
crazy scary creative
This A1 time travel book is crazy creative and nothing I’ve read before. The book keeps you glued to it and you just want to know how this ends.
This A1 time travel book is crazy creative and nothing I’ve read before. The book keeps you glued to it and you just want to know how this ends.
May 23, 2024
Another great book!
The first book in the series was so good it stayed with me until I got to read the second book, even though several months had passed! That being said, I don't recommend waiting that long in between books, they are too good!
While the books are easy to follow, it's amazing to me how the author not only concocted the story but kept it all straight during the writing process! There must have been copious amounts of record keeping!
The only thing that threw me in the second book was that the main character's name is David "Diesel" Lagerford, and he mostly goes by Diesel, so when he was addressed as David a few times I was a bit confused. It was my own fault though as it's clearly stated in the blurb about the book!
Everything about this series thus far is so fascinating! It's really neat to imagine things could be even remotely similar to the book in the future! It's so well written you can easily "see" the unique brainstorms this author has created!
I highly recommend this series!
The first book in the series was so good it stayed with me until I got to read the second book, even though several months had passed! That being said, I don't recommend waiting that long in between books, they are too good!
While the books are easy to follow, it's amazing to me how the author not only concocted the story but kept it all straight during the writing process! There must have been copious amounts of record keeping!
The only thing that threw me in the second book was that the main character's name is David "Diesel" Lagerford, and he mostly goes by Diesel, so when he was addressed as David a few times I was a bit confused. It was my own fault though as it's clearly stated in the blurb about the book!
Everything about this series thus far is so fascinating! It's really neat to imagine things could be even remotely similar to the book in the future! It's so well written you can easily "see" the unique brainstorms this author has created!
I highly recommend this series!
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