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Time Gate

Authors:

Bill Fawcett (editor), Robert Silverberg (editor), David B. Mattingly (covers), Gregory Benford, Pat Murphy, Poul Anderson and Robert Sheckley

Language:

English

Original language:

English

Publisher:

Baen Publishing Enterprises

Categories:

Novel and science fiction

Publication year:

1989

ISBN:

0-671-69850-8

Pages:

277

Synopsis:

It's the future, and simulating near-perfect replicas of people in software is routine. At first it's used for entertainment, simulating historical figures from the past, but it isn't long before things get interesting...

Each chapter is written by a different author, and deals with two famous persons from the past: Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another is about Francisco Pizarro and Socrates, The Resurrection Machine about Cicero and Bakunin, Statesmen about Friedrich Hohenzollern and Machiavelli, The Rose and the Scalpel about Joan of Arc and Voltaire (who, without spoiling too much, have a Great Debate), and finally How I Spent My Summer Vacation is about Queen Victoria and some unknown girl (to say more would spoil).

Almost all of the book is about the interactions between the historical figured themselves, and the interplay between them and their creators.

Review:

A pretty interesting read. It's not every day you get to see Socrates trick one of the Spanish Conquistadors into one of his famous dialogues! The idea of the book is interesting, but I think the book would be even better if it were written by a single author. In fact, its multiple authorship detracts from the quality, I feel, but it's nevertheless worth a read.

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Table of Contents:

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Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another, Robert Silverberg
The Resurrection Machine, Robert Sheckley
Statesmen, Poul Anderson
The Rose and the Scalpel, Gregory Benford
How I Spent My Summer Vacation, Pat Murphy

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