The Boat of a Million Years (Paperback)

from LisCarey

This is solid, if rambling, Anderson fun: scenes from the lives of a small group of immortals as they learn to hide their nature and cope with the natural suspicions of their short-lived compatriots. The oldest is Hanno, a Phoenicias sailor, and the youngest is an African-American slave who event...

from phyllis2779

The book was interesting but I found parts of it slow-going. I liked some of it and some parts were slow. I read a huge chunk of it in a relatively short time, lost interest and then cam back months later to finish it. Some pieces didn't relate all that well to others. I found as if the end piece...

from zzamboni

I was a little worried after reading the other reviews, but in the end decided to push forward and read this book myself. To be honest, it gets quite tedious, particularly in the first half of the book, in which the same story repeats itself endlessly: immortals living their lives, losing their l...

from PitcherBooks

An interesting book with an interesting concept. The first 80% of the book takes its time, chapter by chapter, to introduce the rare human immortals born into and surviving from the iron age to our own time. It reads more like an interesting historical fantasy until the timeline finally passes ou...

from jerry-book

I liked the Sections until the 20th century. I guess writing about the future is not easy.