I came to this book to read "The Sorrow of Odin the Goth", as it was mentioned elsewhere[1], and was sufficiently intrigued to read the rest of the book (which is basically the first story).It's a collection of interrelated stories all passed in the Time Patrol universe. They are not bad, and they're a nice mix of science fiction plus historical fiction and true history, and was enjoyable and fast-paced enough to entertain, for the two weeks that took me to read it through, but had no great idea...

Actually two Time Patrol stories collected together and a character does show up in both, once as the protagonist, and then as a supporting character.

First story is just a straight forward adventure ( or as straightforward as you can get with time travel), the second story digs a little deeper into both history and time travel.

First story is an entertaining time waster, the second is excellent and what pushes this book into 3 stars.

Six-word Review: Time travel is dangerous and paradoxical.This book is actually two Novellas packaged as a book. The connection between the two is Manse Everard, who is the main protagonist in the first novella, Ivory, and Apes, and Peacocks and an overseer in the second, The Sorrow of Odin the Goth.The first takes place in 950 BC Tyre, which the time traveler administration has identified as a nexus which if messed with will change the future of the planet. Merau Varagan, a villain from the fur...

Sometimes, I find that a book can be a welcome surprise because the blurb on the back doesn’t nearly do justice explaining the story within, and I wonder why they couldn’t have spent a little more time to accurately describe its awesomeness to move more copies and assist in enlightening the world. Time Patrolman wisely avoids that dread failure, but unfortunately veers into rocky territory by having a synopsis which left me completely perplexed. This summary promises a story of a member of the T...

Esimeses loo puhul saan aru, miks ulmet mõnikord noortekirjanduse alla liigitatakse või ajaviitekirjanduseks nimetatakse. Pahad on pahad ja head on head, pahadel õigupoolest pole nägugi. Natuke põnevaid kultuurilisi iseärasusi, aga see on ka kõik. Pärast alguse väikest ehmatust ei juhtu midagi, peategelane liigub oma eesmärgi poole, esitab õigetele inimestele õigeid küsimusi, käitub väärikalt, kõik on abivalmid ja kui keegi suudab üllatada, siis ainult positiivselt. Teine lugu eraldi raamatuna s...

Ajaviiteks käis kah. Teist lugu (raamat sisaldab kahte pikemat lugu) lõpetades pole enam meeles, mis esimeses toimuski. Teine lugu aga pajatab miskite gootide probleemidest4. sajandil kuskil Ukraina kandis. Kõik need Armenarichid, Theoderichid ja muud -ichid panid pea surisema ja kogu lugu oli sama huvitav nagu üleeelmise nädala hommikune uudistesaade.
Ei ole see Anderson minu autor, olen seda ammu tähele pannud (ei tea kelle autor ta üldse on?)

Keskpärane.

Basically, this book is two B-grade sci-fi novellas wrapped into one package. Mind you, the book synopsis itself makes no mention of this, so it’s a bit surprising to find out. The first story deals with ancient Tyre, the second with ancient Ostrogothia. There is a common character and time travel agency (the whole ”patrol” thing that the book takes its name from) between the two stories but otherwise they’re not related. The stories are fun enough in a cheesy throwback to the 80s kind of way, b...

Read about 2/3 of this. Interesting stories, but the characters are not very deep. Time travel has never been one of my things. I just can't swallow going back in time to muck about to make sure the timeline remains unchanged? 25 cents at a book sale, so not a lot invested. Will donate book back so it can live on...

It just goes to show. Poul Anderson gets REALLY good in his later years. I really, really loved "The Sorrow of Odin".In the previous tales I read, I had said I thought the characters and the tale were somewhat bloodless. The same cannot be said in this. Indeed, I'm kinda bleeding. We have a Patrolman going back to the mid 4th century to hunt down Goth and Visigoth legends that had disappeared from history, but he falls in love, loses her, and thanks to practical immortality treatments, follows h...

Read this book soon after it came out in 1983 and have loved it ever since. If you are into European myth, Ragnarok and Viking tales, then you should not pass this one by.The book has two stories in it --- guess you could call them novellas. The first is OK but not memorable. The second is entitled, "The Sorrow of Odin the Goth" and it's a killer! In "Sorrow", Poul Anderson "retells" an Odin story in a SciFi way. A time-traveling literary researcher tries to track down the origin of a thread of ...