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Geeks Beyond Time
Barbara Twizel gladly exchanges a life of geeky sci-fi fandom for one of danger and intrigue when hired to find missing time-travel theorist Craig Elliot. But by trying to cast her geekiness aside, is she making a terrible mistake? Might geeks actually be destined to rule the world? Or are they just a bunch of weirdos after all?
304 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 11, 2020
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S.R. Thomas
5 books5 followersS. R. Thomas is a slightly geeky British/Irish/Kiwi author and translator who lives with his family in Lyon. Geeks Beyond Time is his first novel. His English translations of German non-fiction work, mostly about art or architecture, have been appearing in book form since 2006. From 2015 to 2018, he was president of the preposterously geeky International Table Hockey Federation.
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April 1, 2021
This is the first book in a long time that I have found myself being unable to put down. I saw another review that said it was "laugh-out-loud, funny", so I had my hopes up from the beginning. I wasn't disappointed.
There's some excellent character development, and creative use of language that makes this really quite relatable. On the other hand, there's some dark twists which really took me by surprise. I highly recommend this to others. If you're wondering if it's worth it... it is. Really looking forward to more fascinating fiction from S.R. Thomas.
There's some excellent character development, and creative use of language that makes this really quite relatable. On the other hand, there's some dark twists which really took me by surprise. I highly recommend this to others. If you're wondering if it's worth it... it is. Really looking forward to more fascinating fiction from S.R. Thomas.
February 23, 2021
I saw an Amazon review of Geeks Beyond Time (GBT) where the enthusiastic reader called it the best book she’d read since the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. So obviously I was very sceptical. And equally obviously, I bought a copy right away to see for myself...
Suffice to say: All comparisons to Douglas Adams are... completely justified! GBT’s humour is at least equally brilliant. But (perhaps unsurprisingly) it has a more 21st-century feel than Hitchhikers or Dirk Gently. It goes places where those books didn’t: Yes, it keeps you in stitches while delivering a highly entertaining twisty-turny plot and a sprinkling of sci-fi. But cleverly wrapped in all the delightful humour, there’s a (dare I say it?) ‘woke’ element. Here, gender inequality and discrimination are slyly shown to be so ridiculous, they can only be laughed at. Of course, some readers might prefer to ignore this aspect and just enjoy the ride. They’d still be thoroughly entertained, but they’d be missing out on something quite marvellous.
And thanks to its multitude of hidden gems and subtle references, Geeks Beyond Time offers even more with every reread.
It seems to me that the term ‘must-read’ was invented for one purpose only: to describe the status of this book with regard to anyone who even remotely enjoys comedy, sci-fi or (you guessed it) sci-fi comedy.
Suffice to say: All comparisons to Douglas Adams are... completely justified! GBT’s humour is at least equally brilliant. But (perhaps unsurprisingly) it has a more 21st-century feel than Hitchhikers or Dirk Gently. It goes places where those books didn’t: Yes, it keeps you in stitches while delivering a highly entertaining twisty-turny plot and a sprinkling of sci-fi. But cleverly wrapped in all the delightful humour, there’s a (dare I say it?) ‘woke’ element. Here, gender inequality and discrimination are slyly shown to be so ridiculous, they can only be laughed at. Of course, some readers might prefer to ignore this aspect and just enjoy the ride. They’d still be thoroughly entertained, but they’d be missing out on something quite marvellous.
And thanks to its multitude of hidden gems and subtle references, Geeks Beyond Time offers even more with every reread.
It seems to me that the term ‘must-read’ was invented for one purpose only: to describe the status of this book with regard to anyone who even remotely enjoys comedy, sci-fi or (you guessed it) sci-fi comedy.
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