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Quantum #3
Quantum Time
MP3 CD Format Everyone knew time travel was impossible. Then reality intruded.
A dying man stumbles into a police station and collapses. In his fist is a mysterious coin with strange markings. He tells the police he's from the future, and when they uncover the coin's hidden message they're inclined to believe him.
Daniel Rice never asked for fame but his key role in Earth's first contact with an alien civilization thrust him into a social arena where any crackpot might take aim. When the FBI arrives at his door and predictions of the future start coming true, Daniel is dragged into a mission to save the world from nuclear holocaust. To succeed, he'll need to exploit cobbled-together alien technology to peer into a world thirty years beyond his own.
The third book of the Quantum series goes far beyond extra dimensions of space to expose the curious paradoxes of time in a wild ride along the edges of scientific knowledge.
A dying man stumbles into a police station and collapses. In his fist is a mysterious coin with strange markings. He tells the police he's from the future, and when they uncover the coin's hidden message they're inclined to believe him.
Daniel Rice never asked for fame but his key role in Earth's first contact with an alien civilization thrust him into a social arena where any crackpot might take aim. When the FBI arrives at his door and predictions of the future start coming true, Daniel is dragged into a mission to save the world from nuclear holocaust. To succeed, he'll need to exploit cobbled-together alien technology to peer into a world thirty years beyond his own.
The third book of the Quantum series goes far beyond extra dimensions of space to expose the curious paradoxes of time in a wild ride along the edges of scientific knowledge.
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First published February 19, 2019
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Douglas Phillips
53 books340 followersDouglas Phillips is the best-selling author of the Ascending Carbon Series, the Quantum Series, and more. The books are page-turning adventures that imagine scientific discovery as the path toward a positive future for humanity. Each story draws the reader deeper into mysteries that require intellect, not bullets, to resolve.
Doug has science degrees in Geomorphology and Meteorology, has designed and written predictive computer models, reads physics books for fun and peers into deep space through the eyepiece of his backyard telescope. He lives in Seattle, travels the world with his wife, hikes with his two sons, and becomes a child all over again with his grandchildren.
"I love science fiction, especially stories that begin with real science then ask, what if? I've studied a wide range of science throughout my life. Now, I'm turning that experience into the stories I've always wanted to read."
http://douglasphillipsbooks.com/
Doug has science degrees in Geomorphology and Meteorology, has designed and written predictive computer models, reads physics books for fun and peers into deep space through the eyepiece of his backyard telescope. He lives in Seattle, travels the world with his wife, hikes with his two sons, and becomes a child all over again with his grandchildren.
"I love science fiction, especially stories that begin with real science then ask, what if? I've studied a wide range of science throughout my life. Now, I'm turning that experience into the stories I've always wanted to read."
http://douglasphillipsbooks.com/
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June 15, 2022
All building on what we had before in the previous books, this one moves from quantum bubbles and compressed spaces for vast travels across space and hops right toward Tau travel instead.
Yes, it's a time travel story. And it's pretty exciting, linear, and rather standard for the sub-genre. Future hopping, Authortorian Right future, spies, adventure, and escape. In other words, an action film. :)
It's easily the most smooth of all the novels but smooth doesn't always mean challenging. It was certainly pretty fun and I enjoyed how it built upon all the rest.
Yes, it's a time travel story. And it's pretty exciting, linear, and rather standard for the sub-genre. Future hopping, Authortorian Right future, spies, adventure, and escape. In other words, an action film. :)
It's easily the most smooth of all the novels but smooth doesn't always mean challenging. It was certainly pretty fun and I enjoyed how it built upon all the rest.
July 23, 2019
Good time travel story.
But please, please cut the last chapter 🤢🤮. Almost gave the book 2stars because if it.
But please, please cut the last chapter 🤢🤮. Almost gave the book 2stars because if it.
July 6, 2025
I especially appreciate the science discussion at the end
August 4, 2019
Having read the first two books in the Quantum Series (plus the Quantum Incident Prologue) I put in an order for this book the minute Phillips announced he was writing it and started reading it the day it was released.
Time travel books are my least favorite of the Science Fiction genre. I don't believe backwards time travel is possible and, if it is, the various time travel paradoxes are extremely dangerous and beyond human's limited moral structure. Or course, maybe time travel is possible in the future and people from the future have been visiting us but have been very careful not to change anything. Of they have really screwed things up and that explains our current political situation.
Phillips writes his books with well-researched science using current discoveries and theories as the stepping stones to his adventures. His main character, Daniel Rice, is a brilliant scientist but just enough bumbling to make him more of an "everyman" than a superhero. Rice's difficulties in romantic relationships are a bit distracting from the science but they also give the reader an everyday grounding when the science stretches into worlds beyond comprehension.
Is time travel possible? What would humans do with this type of power? What would happen if it got into the hands of a crazy, radical, religious extremist? Are there multiple time paths and destinies for each of us? Can the future change the past as much as the past/present can change the future? These are just some of the questions Phillips takes on in this story.
As with his other Quantum books, Phillips has blended hard science with interesting characters who are involved in an adventure story. Quantum Time is an engaging story but I think Phillips has stretched the time travel concept just a bit too far. If this book left out about twenty percent of the last time travel sequences I would have enjoyed it more.
My favorite parts of Phillips' books are the Afterwords chapter. Here he not only shares some of his research and the science behind the stories but also his personal thoughts and feelings about it. It is a bit like those "the making of" behind the scenes movies.
This is my least favorite in the Quantum series but still worth reading. If you have read the other books in the Quantum series, you should read this one as well. If you haven't read any of the other books yet you will be missing a lot of background information and should read the series in order.
Time travel books are my least favorite of the Science Fiction genre. I don't believe backwards time travel is possible and, if it is, the various time travel paradoxes are extremely dangerous and beyond human's limited moral structure. Or course, maybe time travel is possible in the future and people from the future have been visiting us but have been very careful not to change anything. Of they have really screwed things up and that explains our current political situation.
Phillips writes his books with well-researched science using current discoveries and theories as the stepping stones to his adventures. His main character, Daniel Rice, is a brilliant scientist but just enough bumbling to make him more of an "everyman" than a superhero. Rice's difficulties in romantic relationships are a bit distracting from the science but they also give the reader an everyday grounding when the science stretches into worlds beyond comprehension.
Is time travel possible? What would humans do with this type of power? What would happen if it got into the hands of a crazy, radical, religious extremist? Are there multiple time paths and destinies for each of us? Can the future change the past as much as the past/present can change the future? These are just some of the questions Phillips takes on in this story.
As with his other Quantum books, Phillips has blended hard science with interesting characters who are involved in an adventure story. Quantum Time is an engaging story but I think Phillips has stretched the time travel concept just a bit too far. If this book left out about twenty percent of the last time travel sequences I would have enjoyed it more.
My favorite parts of Phillips' books are the Afterwords chapter. Here he not only shares some of his research and the science behind the stories but also his personal thoughts and feelings about it. It is a bit like those "the making of" behind the scenes movies.
This is my least favorite in the Quantum series but still worth reading. If you have read the other books in the Quantum series, you should read this one as well. If you haven't read any of the other books yet you will be missing a lot of background information and should read the series in order.
March 9, 2019
Ludicrous plot ruins what could have been a good story
Quantum Time has most of the elements needed to make a good story; engaging characters, an interesting premise for the story and is ably written. Unfortunately, the plot is so ludicrous as to completely ruin the experience. Spoiler alert : The idea that, in the future, the gov. of the US is susceptible to falling under the control of a fringe radical Christian group is laughable. After reading the authors afterword notes, its clear the plot is just an excuse for the author to exercise his anti religion bias and ignorance; of which much is on display in this part of the after words. At the end of the day, the author shows himself to be just another sci fi author who perpetuates the lazy trope about religion bad, science good. All the bad guys are crazy, extreme fundamentalist types and the good guys are always men or women of science to logical and level headed to fall for such make believe. Tiresome, ignorant and old.
Quantum Time has most of the elements needed to make a good story; engaging characters, an interesting premise for the story and is ably written. Unfortunately, the plot is so ludicrous as to completely ruin the experience. Spoiler alert : The idea that, in the future, the gov. of the US is susceptible to falling under the control of a fringe radical Christian group is laughable. After reading the authors afterword notes, its clear the plot is just an excuse for the author to exercise his anti religion bias and ignorance; of which much is on display in this part of the after words. At the end of the day, the author shows himself to be just another sci fi author who perpetuates the lazy trope about religion bad, science good. All the bad guys are crazy, extreme fundamentalist types and the good guys are always men or women of science to logical and level headed to fall for such make believe. Tiresome, ignorant and old.
March 10, 2019
Outstanding !
This is the last book in the series and was well worth the wait. As in the previous two books, it is the perfect blend of science fiction based on science fact, moulded into an excellent fast paced story with great characterization. The science behind the story was well pitched at the reader with a light understanding of quantum physics but everything was explained thoroughly for those who wanted to go into a greater understanding. It's a little disappointing that this is the last in the series but who knows, could there possibly be a book four ? Just a note for new readers, if you have not read the first two in the series go back and reader them first, you'll get a lot more out of Quantum Time.
Congratulations and thanks to Douglas Phillips for three outstanding novels. I hope to read more from this author in the future...
This is the last book in the series and was well worth the wait. As in the previous two books, it is the perfect blend of science fiction based on science fact, moulded into an excellent fast paced story with great characterization. The science behind the story was well pitched at the reader with a light understanding of quantum physics but everything was explained thoroughly for those who wanted to go into a greater understanding. It's a little disappointing that this is the last in the series but who knows, could there possibly be a book four ? Just a note for new readers, if you have not read the first two in the series go back and reader them first, you'll get a lot more out of Quantum Time.
Congratulations and thanks to Douglas Phillips for three outstanding novels. I hope to read more from this author in the future...
May 19, 2019
I wanted to like it but it seems to have lost something from the first two books. I think there’s something special brewing in this author and hopefully this trilogy is just his freshman effort to bring it out.
The science and time travel is thought provoking (this is the part he gets right) but there are some questionable decisions made in both the writing of the villain and the supporting characters.
Will be looking out for this authors next efforts as I suspect his best is ahead of him.
The science and time travel is thought provoking (this is the part he gets right) but there are some questionable decisions made in both the writing of the villain and the supporting characters.
Will be looking out for this authors next efforts as I suspect his best is ahead of him.
August 26, 2021
I liked the first two books, but I couldn’t stand this one. An improbable plot line with a clichéd villain, and every woman reduced to a nymphomaniac sex object. A scientist groping the breast of his assistant while stopped in time just killed the book for me. Unnecessary and gratuitous. A shame the series ended on such a poor note.
April 22, 2019
I like the science but the plot was laughable. The female characters are also eye-roll inducing. Stop after book 2!
August 19, 2023
The "Quantum world" hard particle physics thriller continues to build on the previous. I have a soft spot for elegant time travel stories. The time travel part is pretty cool. And detective work. And worldbuilding. But there still are problems with tempo, dull characters, overly optimistic belief in authorities and cheesy unnecessary last chapters that have a totally different energy from the rest of the book.
May 4, 2022
I liked this one the most from the series. And it is not easy to say why? Still very bad character stories, and trying into going into romantic/sex are where author is totally not good :) But the idea is more interesting, the action is better paced. Several logic questions, but in general above good.
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January 1, 2026Rating: plus 2 on a scale of minus 15 to plus 5.
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I recently saw a member of the Village Idiot Party, who whilst insulting an essayist, complain to her that I list other trans creators. The Snowflake (ill-mannered, useless US baby-man) epidemic continues. A Trigger Warning is needed.
The channels which I list include archaeologist, lesbian, Canadian, military historian, science educator, Canadian, cis, older, linguist, miniatures builder, cosplayer, asexual, blond, sewist, farmer, economist, trans, psychologist, socialist, Norwegian, boater, intersex, physicist, redhaired, queer, WOC, model painter, musician, het, marine biologist, paleontologist, tall, architect, asexual, Swedish, fashion historian, engineer and other creators known as Women.
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Should the voices persist, seek emergency pastoral counselling and/or repeat several times daily "Today do not be a bellend" and/or develop a new skill, such as reading.
My feelings towards the brain dead, are similar to that of the 13 Ukrainian marines defending Snake Island, when their surrender was demanded. Their famous response was "Russian warship, go f@ck yourself". Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the Heroes. Crimea is Ukraine.
I originally wrote that this was a good book. The writer tells that he put in a lot of research. Keeping any time travel story straight is a challenge. I love Doctor Who but having a clear timeline free of contradictions is not a strong point of the programme. This writer does a good job writing multiple time loops and presents them clearly enough that it was no trouble following the story.
The characters are clear and act in character. There are not any superpower granting artefacts. The main character considering the mundane uses of his discovery in his head for a few moments was realistic. It is what a real person would do and then back to the reasons for his being in the altered reality. Those touches, the odd relationships and other real world phenomenon generated a realistic backdrop.
The effects of science on characters were worth following. It was fun to be caught up in a story even when I did not fully understand the underpinning.
I enjoyed the representation of women as human beings, with a variety of life experiences that make them relatable individuals. The characters in general are not the quickest, most moral or even decisive but they all seem to do the best that they can. There are clues that not all the villains have been identified or are human.
Well crafted, well plotted (even before I considered time travel challenges), good characters (well described, some well developed), scenes described well enough that they seemed to me realistic. The book generally felt well researched.
I do not remember the book but I read it several years ago. The hundreds of Kindle loans were so badly written that they probably have overwritten my memory of a number of titles.
Consider treating this as a hostile site. 🤔
Goodreads discourse does not exist. As example, this last review was a short one of Powers of the Earth written by Travis Corcoran.
He self-described as libertarian (now anarcho capitalist without millions), veteran, advocate for the return of chattel slavery (popular opinion in the US with prison labour being supplemented by new forced labour prisons for the homeless, van, RV residents without outrage), employee of an unnamed US agency and admirer of Putin (popular US stance among the deluded working class and silly billionaire).
My communist judgement was that the book's glorification of the overthrow of the US government by a newly rich twat with the aid of the military in order that he not pay taxes, while a popular Kindle trope was dangerous, unhealthy and now prophetic.
This opinion incensed the writer and six fellow patriots, who spent pages and most of a year demanding my engagement with increasingly anti-socialist, varieties of racist, sexist and white supremacist assertions but no mention of the book.
I had hoped to see in that flood, an answer to the question of Mycenaean culture post Bronze Age Collapse. I was disappointed.
I was surprised by the levels of irony, until I began to understand US culture, politics and the snowflake (cowardly, insecure, poorly educated US man-baby of a certain political bent).
The last comment received was from Claes Rees Jr aka cgr710 now ka Clayton R Jesse Jr, who seems to no longer identify as Nazi.
He referred to the contents of my last message exchange with a Goodreads friend, then declared that They had "won" (?).
It seems that these animals and their friends deluged every female creator I mentioned with sexual, racist and similar comments for a year at that point and it continues still.
The physicist, political scientist, literature critic, boater and other female creators were not impressed.
Despite that failure, the world's overabundance of ugliness was increased and an accurate self-portrait of the Snowflake (arrogant, mental US man-child) was delivered to a multinational audience.
Surely that was Victory. Goodreads discourse is fascinating. Fortunately there are BookTubers to direct the reader to safer, saner, more useful reader forums.
Have earned a stepaway to the YouTube. This next is made possible by Doctor Who/Never Cruel or Cowardly, MarineMumbles, Dapper Dads, Rooted Way, FirstPost, Nicole Rudolph, Nature Lost Vault, Octopus Lady, Genre Books, Life Take Two, Gary's Stuff, Learn Hittite, Keith Edwards, Politics Girl, Naughty Nana DUZ,
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Given population size in comparison to the rest of the Anglophone world, US readers should be the dominant Goodreads demographic.
The US population have 52 or 54% (between ages 16 and 74) who read BELOW the sixth (11 or 12 years old) grade level.
The average US Fantasy/Romantasy/Romance title is written at the sixth grade level. Mass US science fiction is currently written at the fourth or fifth grade (9 or 10 year old) level. 20% of US citizens are illiterate and content with that condition.
It no longer surprises that certain Goodreads members take umbrage with criticism of racist, sexist, ableist, anti-LGBTQ and generally anti-human themes, representation and embedded author opinions in both Fantasy/Romantasy/Romance and Science fiction generally in their comments.
These Goodreads members wish to decide not only what is popular but what is good. They also are determined to enforce that understanding and silence dissent.
I need another break before continuing. This next is courtesy of YouTube Doctor Who/Without Reward, Leah Nicole, Keffals, Summer Gayle, FAFO, Jake Broe, The Page Perspective, Kyiv Independent, JimmyTheGiant, The Orbital Array, Truth to Power, Hej Sokoly, JingXuan, Oceanliner Designs, Not Even Emily, Read Rant Review, Coffee and Tales, Natasha's Adventures, Raya, Anda Kent,
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Ominous music begins. 😊 The comment gangs do not limit themselves to nasty comments but have branched out to doxxing, stalking, threatening, backing attempt and beyond. Expect no relief from Amazon, which have never to my knowledge acknowledged an incident. Neither have They disciplined insane members, punished writers who encourage Them nor dismissed mad employees who enable either.
My own meagre message history was given over to that mob, which resulted in a request from Pine Gap Centre of Australian Intelligence to interrogate the one friend whom I occasionally messaged.
The attempt at my personal history failed. Amazon was unconcerned until we began to publicise this event. At that point Amazon returned my page format and options to normal, masked all comments, Lurkers whom I'd not been permitted to remove were disappeared and even Kindle service disruption ended.
Reads with Rachel wrote a Goodreads review commenting on a book's problematic elements (ableist or racist, if I remember correctly), which Goodreads deleted as "hate speech" with threat of eliminating her account.
A very Amazon definition of hate speech. She uploaded the review to YouTube where a Goodreads commenter declared that she "should die".
Fit Danielle Reads filed a double billing complaint with Amazon. Her customer service experience was horrible, her access to her Kindle library blocked and a second payment source demanded. A very Amazon response.
A seventh ex-employee of EBay was sentenced for the harassment of a couple whose small ecommerce channel was deemed unkind to EBay. The couple were awarded millions and the ex-employee had been EBay Chief of Global Security or some such.
With the new protections afforded US data firms, these are things to consider.
With discourse not on the cards, courtesy and social skills not evidenced, limited opinions, lack of critical judgements of titles and my having no desire for friends to join the site, am now only on the site to rewrite my reviews.
US science fiction are boom-boom spacey-space books so far removed from the genre's roots as to be some new dreadful category. They seem harbingers of the death of the US portion of the genre. In addition they are celebrations of an undeserved, glorious US military tradition carried forward to the future.
They are a sad monument to a dying empire's self-delusion. It feels appropriate to a dying site complicit in destroying a number of genres. Sales are supreme.
I suggest several precautions. Remove all personal information from Goodreads profile and avoid messaging. Remove the lurkers, those friends who never post. They are likely monitors for gangs or employee dummies, not admirers.
Given the Goodreads penchant for Altering customer pages, screenshots of the odd, ugly and threatening are invaluable. Those should suffice.
Kindle are a different matter. Do Not use Kindle Files, Calendar, Email or Contacts. Email are read by Amazon employees without permission or notice. Make of that what you will.
Do Not purchase KIndle ebooks as you own only the device (if Kindle that seems conditional), not your "purchases". Amazon may delete your books at whim. There are BooKTubers to direct the reader to alternative ebook or tablet vendors and options to ebook purchase altogether.
Silk searches should be innocuous and non-critical.
Emotionally damaged employees and members are not to be underestimated. They are devoid of non-Randian morality or healthy socialisation but are proud US patriots with all that implies. Ominous music ends. 😊
Be safe and may we all enjoy good reading. 🤗
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May you have a glorious morning, a pleasant afternoon, an exciting evening, a splendid night and may we all continue learning.
A bird does not sing because it has an answer but because it has a song.
Taiwanese proverb
Before I begin I need to visit the YouTube. This made possible by Doctor Who/They Break My Heart, NCMI, The New Enlightenment with Ashley, Munecat, Mia Mulder, Puddles Pity Party, Silicon Curtain, Lily Simpson, Terrible Writing Advice, Girls Rock Asia, JohnTheDuncan, Kyiv Independent, The Ritual Kitchen with Laura, Kat Blacque, A Lil Bit Mads, The MechWest Show, Reads With Rachel,
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I recently saw a member of the Village Idiot Party, who whilst insulting an essayist, complain to her that I list other trans creators. The Snowflake (ill-mannered, useless US baby-man) epidemic continues. A Trigger Warning is needed.
The channels which I list include archaeologist, lesbian, Canadian, military historian, science educator, Canadian, cis, older, linguist, miniatures builder, cosplayer, asexual, blond, sewist, farmer, economist, trans, psychologist, socialist, Norwegian, boater, intersex, physicist, redhaired, queer, WOC, model painter, musician, het, marine biologist, paleontologist, tall, architect, asexual, Swedish, fashion historian, engineer and other creators known as Women.
Other channels almost as threatening include pensioner, other LGBTQI+, logician, Ugandan, anarchist, younger, primatologist, philosopher, ginger, neurodivergent, other fashion historian, military boardgamer, mathematician, Ukrainian, wood worker, other BIPOC, miniature landscape builder, reenactor, chemist, archaeologist, game historian, tailor, political commentator, German, communist, anthropologist, wood worker and other creators known (outside the US) as Human Beings.
Should the voices persist, seek emergency pastoral counselling and/or repeat several times daily "Today do not be a bellend" and/or develop a new skill, such as reading.
My feelings towards the brain dead, are similar to that of the 13 Ukrainian marines defending Snake Island, when their surrender was demanded. Their famous response was "Russian warship, go f@ck yourself". Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the Heroes. Crimea is Ukraine.
I originally wrote that this was a good book. The writer tells that he put in a lot of research. Keeping any time travel story straight is a challenge. I love Doctor Who but having a clear timeline free of contradictions is not a strong point of the programme. This writer does a good job writing multiple time loops and presents them clearly enough that it was no trouble following the story.
The characters are clear and act in character. There are not any superpower granting artefacts. The main character considering the mundane uses of his discovery in his head for a few moments was realistic. It is what a real person would do and then back to the reasons for his being in the altered reality. Those touches, the odd relationships and other real world phenomenon generated a realistic backdrop.
The effects of science on characters were worth following. It was fun to be caught up in a story even when I did not fully understand the underpinning.
I enjoyed the representation of women as human beings, with a variety of life experiences that make them relatable individuals. The characters in general are not the quickest, most moral or even decisive but they all seem to do the best that they can. There are clues that not all the villains have been identified or are human.
Well crafted, well plotted (even before I considered time travel challenges), good characters (well described, some well developed), scenes described well enough that they seemed to me realistic. The book generally felt well researched.
I do not remember the book but I read it several years ago. The hundreds of Kindle loans were so badly written that they probably have overwritten my memory of a number of titles.
Consider treating this as a hostile site. 🤔
Goodreads discourse does not exist. As example, this last review was a short one of Powers of the Earth written by Travis Corcoran.
He self-described as libertarian (now anarcho capitalist without millions), veteran, advocate for the return of chattel slavery (popular opinion in the US with prison labour being supplemented by new forced labour prisons for the homeless, van, RV residents without outrage), employee of an unnamed US agency and admirer of Putin (popular US stance among the deluded working class and silly billionaire).
My communist judgement was that the book's glorification of the overthrow of the US government by a newly rich twat with the aid of the military in order that he not pay taxes, while a popular Kindle trope was dangerous, unhealthy and now prophetic.
This opinion incensed the writer and six fellow patriots, who spent pages and most of a year demanding my engagement with increasingly anti-socialist, varieties of racist, sexist and white supremacist assertions but no mention of the book.
I had hoped to see in that flood, an answer to the question of Mycenaean culture post Bronze Age Collapse. I was disappointed.
I was surprised by the levels of irony, until I began to understand US culture, politics and the snowflake (cowardly, insecure, poorly educated US man-baby of a certain political bent).
The last comment received was from Claes Rees Jr aka cgr710 now ka Clayton R Jesse Jr, who seems to no longer identify as Nazi.
He referred to the contents of my last message exchange with a Goodreads friend, then declared that They had "won" (?).
It seems that these animals and their friends deluged every female creator I mentioned with sexual, racist and similar comments for a year at that point and it continues still.
The physicist, political scientist, literature critic, boater and other female creators were not impressed.
Despite that failure, the world's overabundance of ugliness was increased and an accurate self-portrait of the Snowflake (arrogant, mental US man-child) was delivered to a multinational audience.
Surely that was Victory. Goodreads discourse is fascinating. Fortunately there are BookTubers to direct the reader to safer, saner, more useful reader forums.
Have earned a stepaway to the YouTube. This next is made possible by Doctor Who/Never Cruel or Cowardly, MarineMumbles, Dapper Dads, Rooted Way, FirstPost, Nicole Rudolph, Nature Lost Vault, Octopus Lady, Genre Books, Life Take Two, Gary's Stuff, Learn Hittite, Keith Edwards, Politics Girl, Naughty Nana DUZ,
Tabithaspeakspolitics, Willow Talks Books, FAFO, Inside Russia, aidan knight, Justin Taylor, Farm to Taber, Warships and Warriors, Giant Freakin Robot, Pollito Realities, ScaredKetchup, Failsafe, Council of Geeks, Morgan Hill Farms, Planet D, Red Glasgow, Some More News, Ashley Adamson, Writing with Claire Fraise,
Farming While Beige, Kristal Bell, Jay Reed, Lurie Daniel Favors, Julie's Vintage Love, Vintage Space, Strict Scrutiny podcast, Glory to Ukraine, Gina Lucia Reads, Golden Salt, Sarah Spaceman, Ana Marie Cox, Dana Howl, The Humanist Report, Vibewithmommy, SchizoKitzo, Seizure Girl, Science Insanity, Let's Talk Tabletop, Legendary Tactics.
Given population size in comparison to the rest of the Anglophone world, US readers should be the dominant Goodreads demographic.
The US population have 52 or 54% (between ages 16 and 74) who read BELOW the sixth (11 or 12 years old) grade level.
The average US Fantasy/Romantasy/Romance title is written at the sixth grade level. Mass US science fiction is currently written at the fourth or fifth grade (9 or 10 year old) level. 20% of US citizens are illiterate and content with that condition.
It no longer surprises that certain Goodreads members take umbrage with criticism of racist, sexist, ableist, anti-LGBTQ and generally anti-human themes, representation and embedded author opinions in both Fantasy/Romantasy/Romance and Science fiction generally in their comments.
These Goodreads members wish to decide not only what is popular but what is good. They also are determined to enforce that understanding and silence dissent.
I need another break before continuing. This next is courtesy of YouTube Doctor Who/Without Reward, Leah Nicole, Keffals, Summer Gayle, FAFO, Jake Broe, The Page Perspective, Kyiv Independent, JimmyTheGiant, The Orbital Array, Truth to Power, Hej Sokoly, JingXuan, Oceanliner Designs, Not Even Emily, Read Rant Review, Coffee and Tales, Natasha's Adventures, Raya, Anda Kent,
A Day of Small Things, Amanda the Jedi, The Kavernacle, Amadeus Quartet, Stephanie Bookish, Nikki Hawkes, Swoop, Inka Gold, Jemi, Books and Borders, Jenny Gillblad, Truth to Power, Caelan Conrad, Anka Daily News, Reading Wryly, Michael Lambert, The Gaze, Fantasy and World Music by the Fletchers, Riverboat Jack, Rowan Ellis, The Researcher, PageMelt, Abby Cox, The Pioneer, Lisandra Vazquez,
ScaredKetchup, Karolina Zebrowska, Tanya Fiona, Roughest Drafts, Fusion Fighters, Tale Foundry, Jess Owens, Christy Anne Jones, Fundie Fridays, One Drum One Stick, Drama Kween, Joe Blogs, Not Even Emily, Lives and Histories, Read Rant Review, Read and Knit with Cheryl, Professor Gerdes Explains, Made U Book,
The Juice Media, Postmodern Jukebox, Swell Entertainment, Books with Emily Fox, RobWords, Fraser Cain, Erutan, Queen Penguin, Mercado Media, Demebi Lea, Asturia Quartet, Ponderful, Gingers are Black, Jess of the Shire, Sumatha Reads.
I also watched House Husbands, Doc Martin, Workin Moms, Bodkin, Dark Winds, Landscape with Invisible Hand (an insightful depiction of NeoColonialism), Kim's Convenience.
Ominous music begins. 😊 The comment gangs do not limit themselves to nasty comments but have branched out to doxxing, stalking, threatening, backing attempt and beyond. Expect no relief from Amazon, which have never to my knowledge acknowledged an incident. Neither have They disciplined insane members, punished writers who encourage Them nor dismissed mad employees who enable either.
My own meagre message history was given over to that mob, which resulted in a request from Pine Gap Centre of Australian Intelligence to interrogate the one friend whom I occasionally messaged.
The attempt at my personal history failed. Amazon was unconcerned until we began to publicise this event. At that point Amazon returned my page format and options to normal, masked all comments, Lurkers whom I'd not been permitted to remove were disappeared and even Kindle service disruption ended.
Reads with Rachel wrote a Goodreads review commenting on a book's problematic elements (ableist or racist, if I remember correctly), which Goodreads deleted as "hate speech" with threat of eliminating her account.
A very Amazon definition of hate speech. She uploaded the review to YouTube where a Goodreads commenter declared that she "should die".
Fit Danielle Reads filed a double billing complaint with Amazon. Her customer service experience was horrible, her access to her Kindle library blocked and a second payment source demanded. A very Amazon response.
A seventh ex-employee of EBay was sentenced for the harassment of a couple whose small ecommerce channel was deemed unkind to EBay. The couple were awarded millions and the ex-employee had been EBay Chief of Global Security or some such.
With the new protections afforded US data firms, these are things to consider.
With discourse not on the cards, courtesy and social skills not evidenced, limited opinions, lack of critical judgements of titles and my having no desire for friends to join the site, am now only on the site to rewrite my reviews.
US science fiction are boom-boom spacey-space books so far removed from the genre's roots as to be some new dreadful category. They seem harbingers of the death of the US portion of the genre. In addition they are celebrations of an undeserved, glorious US military tradition carried forward to the future.
They are a sad monument to a dying empire's self-delusion. It feels appropriate to a dying site complicit in destroying a number of genres. Sales are supreme.
I suggest several precautions. Remove all personal information from Goodreads profile and avoid messaging. Remove the lurkers, those friends who never post. They are likely monitors for gangs or employee dummies, not admirers.
Given the Goodreads penchant for Altering customer pages, screenshots of the odd, ugly and threatening are invaluable. Those should suffice.
Kindle are a different matter. Do Not use Kindle Files, Calendar, Email or Contacts. Email are read by Amazon employees without permission or notice. Make of that what you will.
Do Not purchase KIndle ebooks as you own only the device (if Kindle that seems conditional), not your "purchases". Amazon may delete your books at whim. There are BooKTubers to direct the reader to alternative ebook or tablet vendors and options to ebook purchase altogether.
Silk searches should be innocuous and non-critical.
Emotionally damaged employees and members are not to be underestimated. They are devoid of non-Randian morality or healthy socialisation but are proud US patriots with all that implies. Ominous music ends. 😊
Be safe and may we all enjoy good reading. 🤗
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NCMI, Russian Media Monitor, Bobbing Along, UATV, Biz, British Museum, Munecat, Raw News and Politics, Tom Nicholas, DUST, Randy Rainbow, AllShorts, Reese Waters, Fun Size Reader, Cambrian Chronicles, Ben and Emily, J Draper, Lady Knight the Brave, Horses, Sabine Hossenfelder, Prime of Midlife, No Justice, Verilybitchie,
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The Welsh Viking, Book Furnace, It's Black Friday, Cover in French, Library of a Viking, Cossack and Caucasus Sword Dance, Living Anachronism, Reads with Rachel, Mynameismarines, Reads With Cindy, Caspian Report, Real Time History, TIKHistory, TVP News, The Great War, Then & Now, Vlad Vexler, Jessie Gender, Viva La Dirt League, Brandon Fisichella, Julie Nolke, Eileen, Nomadic Crobot, Skip Intro, Discourse Minis,
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May you have a glorious morning, a pleasant afternoon, an exciting evening, a splendid night and may we all continue learning.
A bird does not sing because it has an answer but because it has a song.
Taiwanese proverb
May 14, 2019
I didn't like this book. The first two books in this series were thoroughly enjoyable. This one felt like the author had a contract for three books, and had run out of ideas. Instead of coming up with something unique (like the first two books), the author decided to pander to the current "trump derangement syndrome" and "me too mania". In pandering to the "me too" movement, the men in this story (minus the hero of course) are BAD. MEN BAD, WOMEN GOOD. Oh, not to mention that law enforcement officers are stupid, single-minded brutes who only think about guns and don't have any deep thoughts. Seriously, there's a line that says something like, "wow, that's was a deep thought coming from a law enforcement officer". WHAT!! So now he's pandering to the anti-law enforcement groups out there. COPS BAD! MEN BAD! Stupid. Next up is: RELIGION BAD, SCIENCE GOOD. Ok, this is one that's rampant in the science fiction (and fantasy) genre. Tons of authors are anti-religion. This author decides to go crazy with it. The one bad guy who runs a crazy cult somehow gains access to high tech, manipulates the money and tech, and somehow ends up on top of the world. Totally unbelievable.
I liked the previous books because they championed the strengths of all people. Instead in this one, you have the creep scientist that harasses his coworker. This scene was COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY. He could've explained the topic at hand without having to introduce sexual harassment. Honestly, do we believe that smart, educated men at CERN of all places would be acting like that? On top of that, the author decided that he doesn't like the current administration, so he skewed everything he doesn't like about it, and makes it into the worst possible version and decides that's how our future would turn out. What? He does realize that administrations last at most 8 years, and some as short as 4 years. Why would all these horrible things end up 30 years from now? Huh? I didn't decide to read this book to listen to one man's obsession with current politics. I liked his previous books and was thoroughly disappointed with this one.
The author spends more time on the ludicrous future than on the actual science. The first two books spent a lot of time on the science aspects of the book, and that made those books enjoyable. The conclusion of the story is ludicrous as well. The author couldn't figure out a way for the characters to fix the problem at hand, so he went the "Deus Ex Machina" route, and just had someone magically figure it out for him, without any explanation of how it actually works. Not to mention the random sex scenes in this book. These are science heavy fiction books, not romances. I enjoyed the romance in the previous books because it wasn't in your face. This one has daydreaming and random hookups. Completely out of character for the tones of the previous books.
So yeah, my husband is reading the first two, but I'm definitely suggesting he not waste his time on this one. I'll tell him the plot and ending, and he can avoid all the liberal brainwashed drivel spewing out of this one.
I liked the previous books because they championed the strengths of all people. Instead in this one, you have the creep scientist that harasses his coworker. This scene was COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY. He could've explained the topic at hand without having to introduce sexual harassment. Honestly, do we believe that smart, educated men at CERN of all places would be acting like that? On top of that, the author decided that he doesn't like the current administration, so he skewed everything he doesn't like about it, and makes it into the worst possible version and decides that's how our future would turn out. What? He does realize that administrations last at most 8 years, and some as short as 4 years. Why would all these horrible things end up 30 years from now? Huh? I didn't decide to read this book to listen to one man's obsession with current politics. I liked his previous books and was thoroughly disappointed with this one.
The author spends more time on the ludicrous future than on the actual science. The first two books spent a lot of time on the science aspects of the book, and that made those books enjoyable. The conclusion of the story is ludicrous as well. The author couldn't figure out a way for the characters to fix the problem at hand, so he went the "Deus Ex Machina" route, and just had someone magically figure it out for him, without any explanation of how it actually works. Not to mention the random sex scenes in this book. These are science heavy fiction books, not romances. I enjoyed the romance in the previous books because it wasn't in your face. This one has daydreaming and random hookups. Completely out of character for the tones of the previous books.
So yeah, my husband is reading the first two, but I'm definitely suggesting he not waste his time on this one. I'll tell him the plot and ending, and he can avoid all the liberal brainwashed drivel spewing out of this one.
July 6, 2023
“Quantum Time” by Douglas Phillips is the 3rd book in the Quantum Series. It is an excellent entry that explores time travel and its paradoxes scientifically. The plot remains solid and exciting, led by likable characters into uncharted territories of human knowledge.
The story follows Daniel Rice, a key figure in Earth’s first contact with an alien civilization, who is dragged into a mission to save the world from nuclear holocaust. To succeed, he’ll need to exploit cobbled-together alien technology to peer into a world thirty years beyond his own.
The book has been praised for its intense, edge-of-your-seat entertainment and for pushing readers to stay up until all hours of the night to read one more page. Sci-fi and action-adventure enthusiasts will love it!
As in the previous books in this series, the Afterward by the author is a nice touch where he explains the science used in the book, and which science is based on real scientific research and which is just fiction.
Overall, “Quantum Time” is a mind-bending journey to the future and back that manages to create a time travel story with a plausible science basis and all the intricacy that quantum theory can provide. If you enjoy science fiction and time travel stories, this book might be worth checking out!
The story follows Daniel Rice, a key figure in Earth’s first contact with an alien civilization, who is dragged into a mission to save the world from nuclear holocaust. To succeed, he’ll need to exploit cobbled-together alien technology to peer into a world thirty years beyond his own.
The book has been praised for its intense, edge-of-your-seat entertainment and for pushing readers to stay up until all hours of the night to read one more page. Sci-fi and action-adventure enthusiasts will love it!
As in the previous books in this series, the Afterward by the author is a nice touch where he explains the science used in the book, and which science is based on real scientific research and which is just fiction.
Overall, “Quantum Time” is a mind-bending journey to the future and back that manages to create a time travel story with a plausible science basis and all the intricacy that quantum theory can provide. If you enjoy science fiction and time travel stories, this book might be worth checking out!
October 26, 2020
I enjoyed the first two books in this trilogy. Strong science backed up with reasonably appealing and interesting characters.
Unfortunately, it seemed to me that the science in this particular novel was even more speculative. For a book that chooses a scientific version of time travel (rather than fantasy), I found the "scientific" explanation of the time travel and the time travel paradoxes rather disappointing.
The author also spent more time on the characters and world building, which regrettably demonstrated that is not his strength. In fact, the characters became more unrealistic and oddly less likable as the book progressed.
By far, my least favorite of the trilogy.
Unfortunately, it seemed to me that the science in this particular novel was even more speculative. For a book that chooses a scientific version of time travel (rather than fantasy), I found the "scientific" explanation of the time travel and the time travel paradoxes rather disappointing.
The author also spent more time on the characters and world building, which regrettably demonstrated that is not his strength. In fact, the characters became more unrealistic and oddly less likable as the book progressed.
By far, my least favorite of the trilogy.
September 3, 2023
2.5 stars. Too political. Even if I agree with the points made, even though I like politics in some stories, this one didn't feel like it belonged.
Also, sex scenes? Really?
Lastly, a number of side stores and characters were poorly executed. Even the main antagonist's story was shallow.
Also, sex scenes? Really?
Lastly, a number of side stores and characters were poorly executed. Even the main antagonist's story was shallow.
July 12, 2019
Fantastic series that has interesting real science behind it
I've tremendously enjoyed this series. The characters have clear, individual voices, the fiction element is thrilling and moves at a good pace, while the science serves to underpin a story that feels not too far out of reach.
It's not hard sci-Fi, but neither is is sci-fantasy. For a time travel book it feels well thought out, and not "wibbly wobbly, timey wimey" (which I do also enjoy!).
All in all, I really recommend giving this series a try, you won't be disappointed.
I've tremendously enjoyed this series. The characters have clear, individual voices, the fiction element is thrilling and moves at a good pace, while the science serves to underpin a story that feels not too far out of reach.
It's not hard sci-Fi, but neither is is sci-fantasy. For a time travel book it feels well thought out, and not "wibbly wobbly, timey wimey" (which I do also enjoy!).
All in all, I really recommend giving this series a try, you won't be disappointed.
July 8, 2019
What would you do to prevent a nuclear holocaust? For Dr. Daniel Rice it was traveling into an uncertain and deeply disturbing future using questionable technology. For him, the result was untimately confusing with no guarantee of either success or being able to return to his present.
After books one and two of the Quantum Series, we learned that linear distance can be compressed in quantum dimensions and that space can be segmented into various compartments or bubbles each containing a different reality. Now, in book three we see that time can be manipulated in a similar fashion and that perhaps history can be changed enough to prevent unacceptable future outcomes…in this case assured destruction.
Intense, edge of your seat entertainment, Quantum Time will push readers to stay up until all hours of the night to read one more page. Sci-fi and action adventure enthusiasts will love it!
After books one and two of the Quantum Series, we learned that linear distance can be compressed in quantum dimensions and that space can be segmented into various compartments or bubbles each containing a different reality. Now, in book three we see that time can be manipulated in a similar fashion and that perhaps history can be changed enough to prevent unacceptable future outcomes…in this case assured destruction.
Intense, edge of your seat entertainment, Quantum Time will push readers to stay up until all hours of the night to read one more page. Sci-fi and action adventure enthusiasts will love it!
June 24, 2019
Can I just say ...... Wow!
I read a variety of fiction. Mostly military action with your "Jason Bourne" type intent on saving the world, but mixed with healthy doses of sci-fi, post-apocalyptic zombies, viral outbreaks by terrorists, etc. However, I was a little cautious starting a new style of book, but I was hooked! I found the constant barrage of physicsy sciency stuff fascinating, albeit I'm pretty sure my head was actually spinning! A big 'bravo' from me for each of the punchy novels in this series, even though this was my only review......
I read a variety of fiction. Mostly military action with your "Jason Bourne" type intent on saving the world, but mixed with healthy doses of sci-fi, post-apocalyptic zombies, viral outbreaks by terrorists, etc. However, I was a little cautious starting a new style of book, but I was hooked! I found the constant barrage of physicsy sciency stuff fascinating, albeit I'm pretty sure my head was actually spinning! A big 'bravo' from me for each of the punchy novels in this series, even though this was my only review......
June 19, 2021
Better than book two. Less speculative fiction and more adventure compared to book one.
This entry in the series has an actual villain. The speculative fiction is better integrated into this book than the prior one, but still doesn't hold up to book one. Once again reader's don't get a whole lot of insight or entertainment from humanity's extra-solar allies, and in this book they once again only seem to exist in order to deliver a small bit of exposition and some alien technology that can be mis-used by malicious actors.
This book also features significantly more sexualization of its women, and more or less gives men a free pass to do whatever they want with them without repercussion, as long as the men are team good guys anyway. In this entry the women are all hypersexual, unyieldingly gorgeous, and hungry for sex--in one case even after a lifetime of being sexually objectified and exploited. Most of the time the characters are even less believable than the science fiction elements, and those are typically pretty far out there.
This entry in the series has an actual villain. The speculative fiction is better integrated into this book than the prior one, but still doesn't hold up to book one. Once again reader's don't get a whole lot of insight or entertainment from humanity's extra-solar allies, and in this book they once again only seem to exist in order to deliver a small bit of exposition and some alien technology that can be mis-used by malicious actors.
This book also features significantly more sexualization of its women, and more or less gives men a free pass to do whatever they want with them without repercussion, as long as the men are team good guys anyway. In this entry the women are all hypersexual, unyieldingly gorgeous, and hungry for sex--in one case even after a lifetime of being sexually objectified and exploited. Most of the time the characters are even less believable than the science fiction elements, and those are typically pretty far out there.
August 15, 2020
As part of the quantum trilogy, this is not linked to the previous two books in the series at all. Actually this is more like a stand alone like the books in the Da Vinci Code series. I expected a next level alien contact developments, but nothing of that and we get new science (time travel) and the wondrous experiences of Daniel Rice with time travel and paradoxes.
Just like in the previous books, the story lacks realism in regards to people and consistency in the storyline. The way people interact is artificial and lacks true connectivity. The MC goes from saying goodbye to his amazing Mary Sue girlfriend for a time trip to having mindless sex for fun with a total unrealistic person that he just meets. Sections start elaborating about the bullying character of some totally irrelevant police force and how they may rape people; the backstory how the vilain in the book prepared to get into power was totally underdeveloped. Overal 2-3 stars for me, rounded up.
Just like in the previous books, the story lacks realism in regards to people and consistency in the storyline. The way people interact is artificial and lacks true connectivity. The MC goes from saying goodbye to his amazing Mary Sue girlfriend for a time trip to having mindless sex for fun with a total unrealistic person that he just meets. Sections start elaborating about the bullying character of some totally irrelevant police force and how they may rape people; the backstory how the vilain in the book prepared to get into power was totally underdeveloped. Overal 2-3 stars for me, rounded up.
March 9, 2019
It's 2AM, and I want to go to bed, but...
This darn book won't let me put it down. And I know trying to reason out the paradoxes (paradoxi???) Will headache me for days. Time travel stories always do.
I'm wondering now what Book 4 will be about? Hard to imagine Daniel and Nala's story has ended. I kinda thought Core & Zin were going to transform Marie into some type of super being, or guardian?
Or now that dimension #4 has been conquered, we now move to the 5th Dimension, where classic rock goes to live forever.
My favorite idea, though, would be where Chloe received the Nobel for utilizing empros time as a cure for arthritis.
Sorry for the silliness. But that's what staying up too late reading does to a 70+ year old brain!
Douglas: please keep going. I 'd pre-order Book 4 right now if I could.
And, put some decent thought into my arthritis idea.
This darn book won't let me put it down. And I know trying to reason out the paradoxes (paradoxi???) Will headache me for days. Time travel stories always do.
I'm wondering now what Book 4 will be about? Hard to imagine Daniel and Nala's story has ended. I kinda thought Core & Zin were going to transform Marie into some type of super being, or guardian?
Or now that dimension #4 has been conquered, we now move to the 5th Dimension, where classic rock goes to live forever.
My favorite idea, though, would be where Chloe received the Nobel for utilizing empros time as a cure for arthritis.
Sorry for the silliness. But that's what staying up too late reading does to a 70+ year old brain!
Douglas: please keep going. I 'd pre-order Book 4 right now if I could.
And, put some decent thought into my arthritis idea.
August 6, 2023
While I found this book better than the last in the series the protagonist Daniel has to be the stupidest or perhaps most unaware scientist in fictional literature. I wouldn’t mind if this was on purpose, but the author tries to suggest the complete opposite - he’s a switch on scientist who notices things and ask the question no one else sees.
When Daniel arrives in an instantly obvious dystopian future (religion everywhere, woman can’t legally work after pregnancy, everyone lying to him etc, etc, etc.) and knowing that they must have advanced (unknown) technology he puts the people who are trying to secretly help him in serious danger and thinks they just want to F him.
I’m halfway through and perhaps it gets better and I’ll have to update this rant. It’s just very frustrating to read.
When Daniel arrives in an instantly obvious dystopian future (religion everywhere, woman can’t legally work after pregnancy, everyone lying to him etc, etc, etc.) and knowing that they must have advanced (unknown) technology he puts the people who are trying to secretly help him in serious danger and thinks they just want to F him.
I’m halfway through and perhaps it gets better and I’ll have to update this rant. It’s just very frustrating to read.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 14, 2019
Quantum Series. 1-3
A masterful weaving of a story line within difficult subject areas. In book one with my intro to the Standard Model, and upon checking it out, I realized how much about Quantum physics I had missed. Being an avid Sci-fi reader from 6 to The present, you know I cut my teeth on space and time travel. This three book series, was not only informative, it was an exciting adventure story, told through Quantum facts, wondering, and mysteries. Love the way the author ends each book, explaining the Quantum facts and mysteries encountered by the characters throughout the story.
A masterful weaving of a story line within difficult subject areas. In book one with my intro to the Standard Model, and upon checking it out, I realized how much about Quantum physics I had missed. Being an avid Sci-fi reader from 6 to The present, you know I cut my teeth on space and time travel. This three book series, was not only informative, it was an exciting adventure story, told through Quantum facts, wondering, and mysteries. Love the way the author ends each book, explaining the Quantum facts and mysteries encountered by the characters throughout the story.
March 2, 2019
Good conclusion to the series
I liked this conclusion. Not just hard science but tracing the trends in our current society.
One thing I didn't like was the way the scientists puzzled over time loops. They really aren't as complicated as the discoveries in the first two books. Think of them like oak galls or pearls - blocking off something no longer relevant. The motion is basically like a roundabout. You can go completely around then exit at s different place.
In general, I thought the characterization was a little weak .
Well worth the read.
I liked this conclusion. Not just hard science but tracing the trends in our current society.
One thing I didn't like was the way the scientists puzzled over time loops. They really aren't as complicated as the discoveries in the first two books. Think of them like oak galls or pearls - blocking off something no longer relevant. The motion is basically like a roundabout. You can go completely around then exit at s different place.
In general, I thought the characterization was a little weak .
Well worth the read.
March 25, 2019
Did I write this review before reading the book?
I thoroughly enjoyed (or, will enjoy?) the conclusion to the quantum series. Tackling the concepts of quantum time compression, expansion, and their manipulation, this work of fiction prompts thought-provoking scientific questions. I much appreciated the non-fictional supporting information included at the end of the book, as it truly amplified the concepts elaborated fictionally within the storyline. Daniel Rice gets all the fun assignments!
I thoroughly enjoyed (or, will enjoy?) the conclusion to the quantum series. Tackling the concepts of quantum time compression, expansion, and their manipulation, this work of fiction prompts thought-provoking scientific questions. I much appreciated the non-fictional supporting information included at the end of the book, as it truly amplified the concepts elaborated fictionally within the storyline. Daniel Rice gets all the fun assignments!
March 26, 2019
Must read series!
First off, I love novels where they are based - at least in some amount - of real science and this latest installment (hopefully not final) in the quantum series does just that, as do the rest. Great characters and perfect pacing make this a must read for the sci-fi lover. Start with the first short-story and work your way along to this one. There are some plot devices here and there that you just have to go with and not question too deeply but for me these were minor distractions. A real page turner
First off, I love novels where they are based - at least in some amount - of real science and this latest installment (hopefully not final) in the quantum series does just that, as do the rest. Great characters and perfect pacing make this a must read for the sci-fi lover. Start with the first short-story and work your way along to this one. There are some plot devices here and there that you just have to go with and not question too deeply but for me these were minor distractions. A real page turner
March 23, 2022
Great story, hook, and follow through. Terribly thin characters with straw men personalities.
First, i should mention i enjoyed reading it, even with its flaws. It is light reading with an enjoyable sci fi premise. But goodness, i would think a teenager wrote the characters, especially with regard to the women. They may as well be aliens, they are so far from believable.
But i dont regret reading it and can overlook this and the laughable version of "religion" presented in a straw man fallacy so dense it will cause some to reach for an antihistamine.
First, i should mention i enjoyed reading it, even with its flaws. It is light reading with an enjoyable sci fi premise. But goodness, i would think a teenager wrote the characters, especially with regard to the women. They may as well be aliens, they are so far from believable.
But i dont regret reading it and can overlook this and the laughable version of "religion" presented in a straw man fallacy so dense it will cause some to reach for an antihistamine.
March 17, 2019
The final (?) chapter in Douglas Phillip's Quantum series explores time from a hard sci-fi perspective with an engaging story. Will the protagonist be able to alter an impending series of nuclear attacks in the face of the likely biological effects of time travel and against the fundamentalist organization that seizes power following the future disaster?
A strong conclusion to one of the best sci-fi series I've read.
A strong conclusion to one of the best sci-fi series I've read.
April 13, 2019
If you like hard science fiction, then you'll enjoy this book and the entire series.
Good story, good characters that I actually cared about, and well developed.
I really liked all the little diagrams in the book. Lots of fun.
The author explains in the afterword what was real science and what was added fiction.
I enjoyed this third book the best of the four that make up the Quantum series. It's a real page turner that hurts your brain trying to make sense of time travel.
Good story, good characters that I actually cared about, and well developed.
I really liked all the little diagrams in the book. Lots of fun.
The author explains in the afterword what was real science and what was added fiction.
I enjoyed this third book the best of the four that make up the Quantum series. It's a real page turner that hurts your brain trying to make sense of time travel.
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