The Anubis Gates

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1. naragDec 2021
   The Anubis Gates, extremely entertaining time travel story by Tim Powers. It's not very "sci" sci-fi, actually there's magic in the mix, but totally recommended anyway.
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2. naragOct 2020
   I just finished the very nice Anubis Gates by Tim Powers, that mixes time travel with magic.
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3. JackFrOct 2020
   One of the most well-plotted time travel novels ever. The breadth of Powers’ creativity is a thing of wonder. There were ideas in that book which were just bits of throwaway color, which I still think about years after having read the book.

   That being said, his other books were a slight let down after Anubis Gates.

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4. shadowprofile77Oct 2020
   Major agreement with you there, and glad i'm not the only one. After reading the incredibly rich, beautifully rendered world of The Anubis Gates, I expected more of the same from his other books, but no, not quite as good, oddly. That book however remains the single best time travel fantasy novel I've ever read to this day.

   The blend of nearly phantasmagoric horror, fantasy and a touch of science fiction is unique too. If anyone knows of any similar novels from other authors, i'm all ears.

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5. tjalfiJul 2020
   Fiction:

     The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
     The Steerswoman - Rosemary Kirstein
     The Carpet Makers - Andreas Eschbach
     Nine Hundred Grandmothers - R.A. Lafferty
     Weaveworld - Clive Barker
     A Small Death in Lisbon - Robert Wilson
     Bones of the Earth - Michael Swanwick
     Enough Rope - Lawrence Block
     The Anubis Gates - Tim Powers
     Her Smoke Rose Up Forever - James Tiptree Jr.
     Planetfall - Emma Newman
   

   Biography/Memoirs:

     Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! - Richard Feynman
     What Do You Care What Other People Think? - Richard Feynman
     Crime and Guilt: Stories - Ferdinand von Schirach
     Last Chance to See - Douglas Adams
     Travels - Michael Crichton
   

   Technical:

     The Unwritten Laws of Engineering - W.J. King
   

   Nonfiction:

     Legal Systems Very Different From Ours - David Friedman
     Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World - Tim Marshall

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6. harryc2011Sep 2015
   The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
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