A World Out Of Time (Paperback)

from Amtep

The first part has some interesting ethical questions. Then it turns into naive future history. It's best to stop reading there.

from DinadansFriend

A revived personality is placed in a Bussard Ram-jet and sent on a reconnaissance mission to find earth-normal planets. He revolts and then sling-shots himself around a black hole, returning to the Earth system three million years after his departure. Things have changed, and our story really sta...

from tursach_anam

I like Niven, but this book was mediocre at best. For being 3 million years in the future, you'd think we'd get past waterbeds and barely modified cars (granted he predicted the air bag!). The people weren't remarkably different either. Basically, it had that typical 70's sci-fi feel (i.e. explor...

from buffalogr

A fantastic theme: time traveler is pressed into service by the "state" and shifted 3 million years into the future to find an alien civilization. Larry Niven has a strange mind and his view of the "future", engaging. The science is fun and the characters are fleshed out well enough to understand...

from ksimon

First, you should know where I'm coming from: I like my science fiction light on science, heavy on characterization and humanity. A tome that goes in depth on the physics of space travel and leaves the characters shallow and unrealized is not my cup of tea.Now that you know what kind of reader I ...