Orwell meets Wells Besser kann ich "Zeitfuge" nicht umschreiben.Mir hat Michael J. Sullivans Mischung aus "Farm der Tiere" und "Die Zeitmaschine" bis hin zum Liebe-Plädoyer am Schluss sehr gut gefallen.Die Art und Weise, wie der Autor Ellis erkennen lässt, dass man seiner Vergangenheit nicht davon laufen kann, war originell gelöst und sehr unterhaltsam zu lesen. Jetzt verstehe ich auch, warum die Geschichte (vorallem wohl in den USA) nicht gut aufgenommen wurde. Ellis' Antagonist schöpft die Bes...

What can I say? I liked this reimagining of Well's Time Machine better than the original.It's full of fully modern sensibilities and SF concepts and even brings about a cool 50's villainiazation among a populace that has miraculously found a post-scarcity paradise, true gender equality because sexual dimorphism has been eradicated (but not orgasms:), and an old school SF idea of making God through better tech. In fact, there was a lot of good mirroring and exploration of ourselves, what we think...

I cranked through this puppy in a day and it was fun. It's a very suspenseful book and I was surprised at how quickly I got hooked into it. I'm glad I chose not to do audio because I was reading at about three times my normal rate in order to find out what was going on.Ellis find out that he has six months to live so he decides to finally use that time travel device in his garage. You know, that one we all have? So he sets it to travel two hundred years in the future and pretty much nothing goes...

While I am a huge fan of Sullivan's Riyria series, I can honestly say this one wasn't for me.Time travel books and I don't normally get along. There are a few exceptions, such as Endymion, but for the most part the ones I've tried just didn't work for me. It isn't my preferred type of science fiction.So this book already had a strike against it, but I love Sullivan's work. So I tried it.Ellis Rogers has just discovered his wife's infidelity and given a grim prognosis in the same day. With nothin...

Originally reviewed at Bookwraiths Reviews Hollow World was a novel that I was really excited about reading. I mean, one of my favorite fantasy authors, Michael J Sullivan, penned it, and it promised to be a science fiction novel in the mold of H.G. Wells classic The Time Machine, which is one of my childhood favorites. So, all the stars seemed to be lined up for me to thoroughly enjoy this one. Unfortunately, the novel and I quickly took a dislike to one another, and while I did finish it, I ca...

Michael J. Sullivan has made a name for himself by not only mastering the self-published market, but by making the transition to traditional publishing. Successful on both fronts, Sullivan continues to publish books whether a publishing house wants to pursue it or not. This is ideal for an author because their ideas need not be limited by whether a traditional publishing house can make money or not. The author can just write stories.In the case of Hollow World, it was the best of both worlds. Tr...

Executive Summary: A large departure from his Riyria books, Hollow World was still something I really enjoyed, but is likely not for everyone. Full Review I was a little nervous about reading and reviewing this book. I've been fortunate enough to exchange several emails and discussion posts with Mr. Sullivan over the last few months after discovering his Riyria books late last year.Fortunate may not be the best word since Mr. Sullivan seems to go out of his way to interact with his fans. I hat...

Anyone who has been reading science fiction for a while, or has ever read some of the classics of the genre, knows that its greatest strength (along with its sister genre, fantasy) is in being able to explore ideas about real life in a setting that divorces itself from all our preconceived notions about those ideas. You can write about robots and explore the intricacies of slavery, or tell the truth about the Vietnam War by writing a book about spaceships and time dilation. This is what classic ...

Hollow World was easily one of my top reads of 2013. I was fortunate to receive the ebook version early because I was a backer in the Kickstarter campaign, a project I pledged my support to as soon as I found out about it because I am a fan of the author. At the time I had just finished reading his Riyria Revelations series and was still coming off from the high, so I was pretty keen on the idea of seeing Hollow World take off.First, though, a bit of history: in his afterword, Michael J. Sulliva...

Well this is my own story, so of course I'm not going to rank it...but I would like to provide some background and context, so here goes.I’ve heard authors describe their books as if they were children, especially when asked which one is their favorite. And like children, some are planned, and others…well…they just arrive by accident. Last summer I had a fling that resulted in an unexpected novel.I had just finished writing the drafts for The Crown Tower (due out August 6th), and The Rose and th...