Eon by Greg Bear... Third time.

Eon by Greg Bear
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

On the novel of EON by Greg Bear.

This is the third time I have read this book. I have also read the sequel "Eternity" twice. There is a saying:" the third time is the charm". With the advance understanding of today's technology in relation to the Multiverse or alternate universes and timelines, reading this book was easier. I can now repeat the phrase without fear: "I Get it". I think this will would have a more impact today then the date that it was written. Maybe even a mini series?

The first time I read this book I had difficulty understanding the concept of the Multiverse or alternate timelines I just couldn't get it. In my mind I thought that the technology was so advanced that's thistledown travel through time in our universe. That's "the way" what sort of like the TARDIS. However, I went on and continue to read " eternity", which is the second book in this series. Then I got a better understanding of what was going on so I read Eon for the second time, and Eternity for the second time, better understanding yet I got (Yoda speech).

But now we are in 2018, and I have read this book the third time. What made it easy was that the Multiverse, time travel, alternate timelines it's now the norm of science fiction, and really of Science in general. Eon was written in 1985, 3 years after I left University. And I believe that's when I read it back then (I used to be able to read books the moment they came out.) [I can't do that anymore], I do have a better understanding of the science and maybe for me Eon, was one of those novels written ahead of its time just like the foundation series.

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