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Millennium (Ace Science Fiction) Paperback – October 1, 1999

by John Varley (Author)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 185 ratings
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In the skies over Oakland, California, a DC-10 and a 747 are about to collide. But in the far distant future, a time travel team is preparing to snatch the passengers, leaving prefabricated smoking bodies behind for the rescue teams to find. And in Washington D.C., an air disaster investigator named Smith is about to get a phone call that will change his life...and end the world as we know it.
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    272 pages
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    English
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    October 1, 1999
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    5.5 x 0.68 x 8.25 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    0441006779
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    978-0441006779
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"Best novel I've read in months". -- New York Daily News

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The classic time travel thriller from John Varley, winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards for excellence in science fiction.

In the skies over Oakland, California, a DC-10 and a 747 are about to collide.

In Earth's unimaginably distant future, a time travel team is suiting up for a rescue mission across the centuries.

And in the scorched grass of a California hillside, an air disaster investigator whose own life is coming apart at the seams is about to stumble across a horror that will change all of history . . .

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Publishing Group (October 1, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0441006779
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0441006779
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.68 x 8.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 185 ratings

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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S. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't watch a movie before reading the book very often
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2002
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It's not normal practice for me to watch a film prior to reading the book it's based on, but when I do, watching the film can lead me to some very good books. Such was the case with Millennium by John Varley. I had seen the film with Kris Kristofferson and Cheryl Ladd a number of times but had been frustrated in my efforts to obtain a copy of "Air Raid", the original short story the film was credited as being based on, until one day when the book almost literally fell into my lap.
I gotta tell you, Millennium was one of those books I could not put down. From the first page, I found myself absolutely enraptured by the characters of both Louise Baltimore and Bill Smith. Varley's Smith is actually very close to the character that Kris Kristofferson portrayed in the movie, but his Louise Baltimore is a very tough, take-charge kind of gal that's unlike the one played by Cheryl Ladd in the film. That Louise always seemed to be looking to her personal robot, Sherman, for advice, whereas the Louise of Varley's book might have depended on Sherman for emotional support at times, but generally kept her own counsel and scoffed at the very notion that Sherman's ideas could be taken seriously in a critical mission such as the one she was running to Smith's time in order to get her lost "stunner". The funny thing was, in the end it was the Big Computer who was running everything, and not Louise or Bill or even Sherman.
I am currently on my 6th copy of this excellent time-travel novel (the other 5 have worn out due to repeated readings), and I hope that all of you who are sci-fi enthusiasts will take the time to pick up a copy and read it, if you haven't read it already. It's a definite page-turner.
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william guerra
4.0 out of 5 stars time travel
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2022
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big fan of the time travel and this book is well written , never heard of this book until I happen to come across an article online about the film which I plan on watching after I finish the book .
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sholley
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Time Travel Story You May Have Missed
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2018
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This great book got a bad deal back in the 80's with a less than stellar movie rendition, but even with the poor film the story line was compelling back then. I found it looking for time travel stories I had yet to read and was extremely satisfied. I read it on a Sunday afternoon and would read it again. If you prefer low tech speak in your time travel stories and sharp clipped dialogue this should satisfy. Highly recommend.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining read through time
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2021
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I couldn't decide on 3 vs 4 stars, so leaned to 4. The story started great with the insights into air crash investigation. There were some nice surprises along the way to avoid the traps of recipe plots. Good read.
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Betty Wiley
5.0 out of 5 stars I love time travel stories
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2016
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This is a science fiction story. I bought the book because Millennium has been one of my favorite movies for years; I watch it several times a year. The violence is unique, not ugly, vicious, bloody violence. It is a couple of plane crashes and the trauma of time travel through a thousand years. The sexual content is mentioned by a character, not described as it happens. I love time travel stories. This is a good one.
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Mikel Norwitz
3.0 out of 5 stars Page-turner
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2022
Time-traveling page-turner from noted sci-fi writer, ultimately devolving into a shaggy god story.
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T. Wayne
5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing trip back and forth between current and future time.
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2018
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I had seen the movie, but the book always has more information than the movie. I enjoyed this very much, except for all the swearing—thankfully the movie didn't have that much. I found the description of how people were taken from a plane that wha going to crash so that the future could be repopulated several thousands years in the future.
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Deborah and Rick
4.0 out of 5 stars Its a good story from a science fiction point of view
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2016
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Its a good story from a science fiction point of view. I went back and read it from a curiousity point of view having seen the movie many years ago.
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Yogananda N S
5.0 out of 5 stars Science fiction at it's best
Reviewed in India on March 12, 2021
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Superb. You get carried away into the future and past and start relating with the characters. Awesome treatise. Loved it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars millenium
Reviewed in France on October 7, 2014
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C'était excellent... A plus énormément. Je le recommanderais à tous ceux qui aiment la variété et l'intérêt. Félicitations pour le créateur et le producteur.
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Mr. A. F. Wilkins
5.0 out of 5 stars Millenium
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 5, 2011
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I first read this back in 1983-and gave it away- nostalgia prevailed and after reading it again it has lost none of it's magic-one of the best reads of the 20th and 21st centuries--better than the film I'd say- a must buy-from this dealer especially nice large print! )
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GwydionM
4.0 out of 5 stars An expanded vision
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2013
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This is based on the film, itself based on one of Varley's short stories. He has taken some of the film's ideas and reworked them, so the plot will contain some surprises.
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jim
5.0 out of 5 stars well written
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2019
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A fantastic read, difficult at times to put down.
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