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The Corridors of Time Kindle Edition

by Poul Anderson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 450 ratings
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A young man from the twentieth century is recruited to fight in a war that rages throughout time in this classic science fiction adventure from a multiple Hugo and Nebula Award–winning master.

College student, ex-marine, and martial artist Malcolm Lockridge is in prison awaiting his trial for murder when he receives an unexpected visit from an extraordinarily beautiful woman named Storm. Claiming to be a representative of the Wardens, a political faction from two thousand years in the future, Storm offers the astonished young man a proposition: freedom in return for his assistance in recovering an unspecified lost treasure. But it is not long before Malcolm realizes that, in truth, he’s been recruited as a soldier in the Wardens’ ongoing war against their rivals, the Rangers. And this war is different from any that has ever been fought, because the battlefield is not a place but time itself.
 
Traveling backward and forward through corridors connecting historical epochs separated by thousands of years, Malcolm is soon embroiled in a furious conflict between the forces of good and minions of evil. But the deeper he is pulled into this devastating time war, the clearer Malcolm’s ultimate role in humankind’s destiny becomes, causing the troubled young soldier from the twentieth century to question whether he’s been chosen to fight on the side of good or evil . . . and if such a distinction even exists.
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“One of science fiction’s most influential and prolific writers.” —The Daily Telegraph

“A terrific time travel adventure that will satisfy Anderson fans (and SF readers in general) . . . Dynamic and thrilling . . . an utterly terrific finale with a smart twist you don’t see coming . . . Pure gold, a perfect example of the sort of SF they just don’t write anymore.” —SFReviews.net

“Poul Anderson really was an amazing writer. . . . Re-reading [The Corridors of Time] now, I was again struck by how very good it is. . . . Beautifully written—Anderson’s best writing reaches an almost mythic level.” —Jo Walton, Tor.com

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“One of science fiction’s most influential and prolific writers.” —The Daily Telegraph

“A terrific time travel adventure that will satisfy Anderson fans (and SF readers in general) . . . Dynamic and thrilling . . . an utterly terrific finale with a smart twist you don’t see coming . . . Pure gold, a perfect example of the sort of SF they just don’t write anymore.” —SFReviews.net

“Poul Anderson really was an amazing writer. . . . Re-reading [The Corridors of Time] now, I was again struck by how very good it is. . . . Beautifully written—Anderson’s best writing reaches an almost mythic level.” —Jo Walton, Tor.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00PI181CA
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy (December 30, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 30, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3563 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 249 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 450 ratings

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"Poul Anderson (1926-2001) grew up bilingual in a Danish American family. After discovering science fiction fandom and earning a physics degree at the University of Minnesota, he found writing science fiction more satisfactory. Admired for his ""hard"" science fiction, mysteries, historical novels, and ""fantasy with rivets,"" he also excelled in humor. He was the guest of honor at the 1959 World Science Fiction Convention and at many similar events, including the 1998 Contact Japan 3 and the 1999 Strannik Conference in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Besides winning the Hugo and Nebula Awards, he has received the Gandalf, Seiun, and Strannik, or ""Wanderer,"" Awards. A founder of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, he became a Grand Master, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

In 1952 he met Karen Kruse; they married in Berkeley, California, where their daughter, Astrid, was born, and they later lived in Orinda, California. Astrid and her husband, science fiction author Greg Bear, now live with their family outside Seattle."

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Paul Hotchkiss
5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2024
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This should be required reading for all who hope for a better future for the human race. Third time reading. Still finding gems to contemplate.
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Cissa
4.0 out of 5 stars Decent time travel/alternative history novel
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2019
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Time travel novels often get incoherent along the way. Anderson avoids that, and makes the time-travel component as plausible as such a thing can get.

There's also deeper issues- like, the discord between thinking and feeling, and whether it's possible to create a synthesis that has the best of both.

Also- about being willing to see the flaws of the side one has chosen, and how one can deal with that.

Considering it was written- I think- in the 1960s, it has some progressively anti-bigotry elements, though also some residual sexism- but that was not especially obnoxious, especially in the book's context.

I love the idea of a Northern European Golden Age made from choosing the best aspects of the various colliding cultures, and rejecting the worst aspects.
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herb gonzalez
3.0 out of 5 stars e and e
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2015
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Well thought out story and an enjoyable read, although at times I did get a bit confused and had to back track a couple of times. All in all very entertaining.
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Becu
5.0 out of 5 stars sci- fi
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2023
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Not a big sci fi fan. That being said, I did enjoy this book. A bit hard to follow at times, and sometimes contradictory. Nevertheless, entertaining.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading.
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2020
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This is a good book well written with a great plot.
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Gendotte
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice to read a classic
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2023
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I’ve been reading too much space opera lately.
It’s nice to have a well crafted story laid out for me.
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John Everett
3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting jaunt through history, but not Anderson's best work
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2020
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I usually avoid time travel stories, because they are usually absurd. Having read many of his other works, I had hoped that Anderson would do it better, and as far as time travel goes, I think he does it better than most. However, I find the main character to be uncompelling. He does things that are not just dumb, but seem incoherent. He just doesn't sell the character well. This one just isn't up to the Heechee series, or his many other great works.
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Michael S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Kindle edition is missing page 160
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2023
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Kindle edition is missing page 160
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A. Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 29, 2014
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good story
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3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 11, 2014
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A bit of its time when I reread it. Reminds me of cartoons with scantily clad women type sci-fi
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C. Turpin
5.0 out of 5 stars good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 10, 2016
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first read this book many years ago, it is still a superb read.
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