The Time Ships

Stephen Baxter's The Time Ships is a sequel to H.G. Wells' The Time Machine , officially authorized by the Wells estate to mark the centennial of the classic novel's publication. I've no information as to the how or why of their decision, but the Wells estate could not have made a better choice.

Baxter's novel is absolutely wonderful.

Baxter managed to write the novel from the prospective of a Victorian writer. I could feel Wells' spirit guiding his writing style. Baxter picked up the story where Wells stopped and he took the story to amazing heights. The novel is full of surprise twists and turns......going places where I never could have imagined.

One of the minor flaws in the original story was the lack of understanding on Wells' part of the various paradoxes brought about by time travel. Baxter takes care of that.

Of course, one of the advantages Baxter had over H.G.Wells is the advancement of scientific knowledge since the Victorian era. The Time Machine was written well before the work of Albert Einstein, and the later understanding of the science of Quantum Mechanics and String Theory.

I highly recommend that anyone thinking of reading this great Sci-fi novel read (or reread) The Time Machine before hand.

I'm giving The Time Ships a rating of 5 stars out of 5.