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| Author: |
Robert Charles Wilson |
| Publisher: |
Tor, 2001 |
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| Awards: |
2002 Campbell Winner 2002 Hugo Nominated 2002 Locus SF Nominated |
| Lists: |
The ISFDB Top 100 Books (Balanced List) |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | Time Travel Near-Future Alternate/Parallel Universe |
| Member Rating: |
   (12 reads / 9 ratings)
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Synopsis
Scott Warden is a man haunted by the past-and soon to be haunted by the future.
In early twenty-first-century Thailand, Scott is an expatriate slacker. Then, one day, he inadvertently witnesses an impossible event: the violent appearance of a 200-foot stone pillar in the forested interior. Its arrival collapses trees for a quarter mile around its base, freezing ice out of the air and emitting a burst of ionizing radiation. It appears to be composed of an exotic form of matter. And the inscription chiseled into it commemorates a military victory--sixteen years in the future.
Shortly afterwards, another, larger pillar arrives in the center of Bangkok-obliterating the city and killing thousands. Over the next several years, human society is transformed by these mysterious arrivals from, seemingly, our own near future. Who is the warlord "Kuin" whose victories they note?
Scott wants only to rebuild his life. But some strange loop of causality keeps drawing him in, to the central mystery and a final battle with the future.
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- she treads softly: The Chronoliths
The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson Tom Doherty Associates, 2001. Hardcover, 301 pages. ISBN-13: 9780312873844. science fiction. Highly Recommended From the Publisher. Scott Warden is a man haunted by the past—and soon to be ... - Robert Charles Wilson « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog
The first one I read was The Chronoliths, which I picked up after Amazon recommended it (those recommendations aren't all bad – just mostly). In The Chronoliths, giant monuments begin to appear all over the place. ... - she treads softly : The Chronoliths
she treads softly . ~ reading one book at a time. Sunday, July 18, 2010. The Chronoliths. The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson Tom Doherty Associates, 2001. Hardcover, 301 pages. ISBN-13: 9780312873844. science fiction . ... - What is Eric Doing?: Recently Read: The Chronoliths
Robert Charles Wilson is one of those science fiction writers that's fond of introducing a single grandiose change into the world and then spending the rest of the novel exploring how it affects the lives of his characters. ... - SF Academy 05 – Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson
Just recently finished The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson, which I liked quite a bit. It reminded me of Spin in a superficial way, as if drafted from the same rough outline, with different details. You can always tell when an ... - Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
Robert Charles Wilson loves stories about changed worlds and inscrutable cosmic mysteries. In a number of his books — Darwinia, The Chronoliths, Mysterium — he's placed his characters in situations where they must deal with a complete ... - The SF Site Featured Review: Julian Comstock
His novel Spin won the Hugo Award in 2006. Earlier, he won the Philip K. Dick Award for his debut novel A Hidden Place; an Aurora Award for Darwinia; and the John W. Campbell Award for The Chronoliths. Robert Charles Wilson Website ... - Spin Lowest Price!
“The Chronoliths” did not. Thankfully, “Spin” falls into the latter catagory. “Spin” spins, sometimes in place Robert Charles Wilson's “Spin” tells the tale of the earth being cloaked in a time-warping membrane, put in place by unknown ... - the chronoliths by robert charles wilson
robert charles wilson's novels all sounded interesting but this one was the one i wanted to read first. so, of course, i found spin, axis, and darwinia but no copies of the chronoliths. the other day i stopped and looked at the sale ... - Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo and The Chronoliths by Robert ...
The Chronoliths, by Robert Charles Wilson, is a superb example of how great science fiction can be, and how it can be both about our lives and times, people and relationships, and also contain a deeply interesting mystery which you care ...
