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The Enormous Hourglass

By: Ron Goulart
Narrated by: Fred Filbrich
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Sam Brimmer, temporal detective, and his android time machine solve a case involving kidnapping, murder, and the smuggling of modern weaponry back to pre-WWII Nazis.

©1976 Ron Goulart (P)2020 David N. Wilson Adventure Science Fiction Fiction
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I'm a big fan of time travel stories. The idea of travelling to a different time always got my imagination going. Unfortunately, a lot of the time travel story tend to go over the same idea - Man gets in time travel box, goes back in time fixes something.
The enormous Hour Glass is not your average time travel story, so pack your suitcase, grab your android friend, we're going on a 1930's detective investigative trip.

The story though, fell a bit flat for me. There wasn't much in the way of thrilling excitement and little built up of any of the story. What was there in the story felt purposely obscured to protect the idea of time travel, while giving just enough information to let you know it was happening in the story. I get why it was done like that, it helps conceal the technical aspects of time travel and any science that might have gone with it. Instead, it felt like the story was more about the detective and time travel was simply a matter of fact, as much as you'd read about someone driving a car.

The characters were awesome though. I can't really say much about them as it might spoil the book for you, but I can say that the end scene with them trying to race the wheelchair gave me a bigger chuckle then it really ought to have.
The narration was good, and having finished the book the voice gave a good feel for the era the book was (mostly) set in, and is what you'd expect from a classic detective. We all have our brains fill in the blacks differently, of course. While there wasn't much in the way of describing the scenes in the book, I couldn't help but think of wood clad office set in a lofty stone building, with a large wooden desk, leather chair and the classic green writing lamp. In this respect, the narrator's voice really made it feel at home for me.

Overall, the concept of the time travel was interesting and if you're looking for a time travel book, it's worth listening to. However, don't expect a story that's going to make you think too much while listening. The character development was probably the best part for me, and that's not a bad thing for this book.

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