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Author | Michael Crichton |
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Cover artist | Chip Kidd |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction, historical fiction, time travel |
Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | November 1999 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 464 |
ISBN | 0679444815 |
OCLC | 39348527 |
813/.54 21 | |
LC Class | PS3553.R48 T56 1999 |
Preceded by | Airframe |
Followed by | Prey |
Timeline is a science fiction novel by American writer Michael Crichton, his twelfth under his own name and twenty-second overall, published in November 1999. It tells the story of a group of history students who travel to 14th-century France to rescue their professor. The book follows in Crichton's long history of combining science, technical details, and action in his books, this time addressing quantum and multiverse theory.
The novel spawned Timeline Computer Entertainment, a computer game developer that created the Timeline PC game published by Eidos Interactive in 2000. Additionally, a film based on the book was released in 2003.