I'm not really sure what I expected from *Millennium* by John Varley, but I’m pretty sure it wasn't this. After finishing it, I needed a few days to process my feelings, and honestly, I'm still not completely sure how I feel. The pieces for a great story are definitely there: time travel, plane crashes, mysterious events... and I even kind of dug the world-building Varley used to sketch out the future, even if it felt super weird and unlikely. What didn't quite click for me were the characte...

The story unfolds through the perspectives of two main characters, Bill and Louise. Each has a distinct and crucial role to play, and their paths inevitably intersect. Overall, *Millennium* by John Varley was a thoroughly enjoyable novel, and I appreciated all the clever twists and turns. I can honestly recommend this book, especially if you're a fan of time travel stories. It's a great read if you're looking for engaging science fiction book reviews.

Okay, so *Millennium* by John Varley is a bit all over the place, and the ending feels super hurried, BUT the whole idea and the world Varley creates? Absolutely gripping. I'm seriously hooked on this future he imagines, and honestly, I just wanted the book to dive deeper into it. If you're into sci-fi with a unique premise, it's worth a read, just be prepared for a slightly bumpy ride. A fascinating, if flawed, sci-fi read!

This was a fun read. I've been hunting for a good sci-fi book for ages, and finally stumbled upon this random find buried on my sister's bookshelf. The future, time travel, and a seriously sarcastic heroine (debatable, maybe?) are definitely my kind of thing. If you're looking for exciting science fiction books, give John Varley's *Millennium* a try. It might just surprise you!

John Varley's *Millennium* takes a truly unexpected turn, plunging headfirst into themes of predestination, manipulation, and even intelligent design. It really makes you question how much free will we *actually* have when our actions are predetermined, and future generations—our own descendants, no less—are relying on us to make those actions in order to even exist? It's a real mind-bender.Fair warning: This isn't a feel-good book. Between the bleak, dying-Earth setting of the future and the de...

Time travel books are like roller coaster rides. If you think about them too much, your head will hurt. If you spend too much brainpower examining the struts and the rivets and musing over the scale and heights and drops, you will be a nervous wreck and will forget – in the 1.5 minutes it takes to ride – that you’re there to have fun. Let go of the rails, throw your hands up in the sky, lift your head high, and make sure to flip the camera a bird when you go through the last turn. Having fun i...

Great short story; mediocre novel; terrible movie. John Varley's *Millennium* promises a thrilling time-travel adventure but ultimately falls flat. As a short story, the concept shines, but stretched into a novel, it loses its spark. The film adaptation? A complete disaster. If you're looking for a captivating sci-fi book review, skip this one and stick to the original short story.

It's an odd duck, but it quacks quite nicely....First off, this is a Time Travel novel (capitalization intended). We have paradox and consequences and rules and messages from the future and chronal instability and characters seeing the same events in different orders. It's more than a puzzle story, but the puzzle emphasis is huge (think Connie Willis for a more modern example). If you're looking for time travel books with a complex plot, this is it.Secondly, there is a large emphasis on mortalit...

Hm. Clever, and fairly good, but I kept getting caught up by how dated *Millennium* is. I mean that both in the sense that it was published in 1983, and in the sense that it was written *about* the 20th century. I should probably explain that second part: the book takes place in two time periods, December in an unspecified year in the 1980s, and about 50,000 years in the future. (I don't think it's ever explicitly stated when, but I vaguely recall "50,000 years" being mentioned.) The main chara...

A clever and thoughtful time travel story, seasoned with a touch of 80s flair. When I first dove into John Varley's *Millennium*, I completely missed that the chapter titles were nods to famous time travel short stories – even though that's one of my absolute favorite genres. Makes you wonder if anyone's ever compiled those stories into a collection? *Millennium* is primarily told through the eyes of two characters: a present-day air crash investigator and a rescue team leader from the distant ...