threemonkeys | Time (Reply)

I just read Timescoop by John Brunner. It is a good solid, albeit minor Brunner work basing an amusing story around the way attitudes have changed in society through history. But what I noticed was just how many Brunner titles have the word "time" in them in some form. A quick look at a bibliography suggests that he wrote nine books with "time" in the title. That is rather a lot especially when they aren't part of one of those series that have confusingly similar names. I guess he, or his editors, really like time. More in terms of the duration of time and historical perspective than time travel. The best of them, in my opinion, is The Crucible of Time. Apart from the two really famous titles*, I actually think it is best work and is the one I recommend to first time Brunner readers even to the exclusion of those two.

*Does anybody not know what two I mean? If you don't then shame on you.