The Map of Time Trilogy: The Map of the Sky : A Novel (Series #2) (Paperback)

from justabookreader

H.G. Wells is an unhappy man. His latest work, The War of the Worlds, has a sequel that he didn't write. Having agreed to meet with the American author who he believes has unjustly made money off his idea, Wells grumbles his way through the streets of London to the pub for the meeting. This autho...

from hardlyhardy

As much as I enjoyed “The Map of Time,” I was not prepared for the brilliance of Felix J. Palma's sequel, “The Map of the Sky” (2012). Both sci-fi adventure novels revolve around H.G. Wells and his novels, “The Time Machine” in the first instance and “The War of the Worlds” in the second. (“The I...

from SusieBookworm

I absolutely loved Palma's first book but held off reading the second for a few years because I was afraid that creating a series wouldn't work very well. For the most part, I was wrong. Once again, I enjoyed Palma's writing quirks - metafiction-y bits, imitation of 19th century speculative ficti...

from fyrefly98

Summary: H.G. Wells is quite a successful author, who is able to capture the world's imagination like no other, but after the debacle following his publication of The Time Machine, he's rather sensitive to other people capitalizing on his ideas. So he's not best pleased when the American author o...

from REGoodrich

I liked this book much more than the first but not nearly as much as I liked the final book in the trilogy. By a twist of fate I happened to start off with the third book and came back round to the beginning. One thing I must admit is that Mr. Palma possesses an incredibly wild imagination.