kb_208 's review for:

The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov

5.0

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Overall I would say this book is a 4, but the ending makes it a 5. This is Asimov at the top of his writing. It involves a man working for Eternity, which is elite group outside of time that changes history in subtle ways to prevent wars, catastrophes, and other bad things from befalling humankind. Harlan, the main character, falls in love with a "timer" and hides her way in the future to avoid her being changed in her own time. Things get really intricate when he learns he is apart of complex plan to save eternity by sending the man who invented it back in time to keep the circle of events intact, but also that he is part of another complex plan to prevent eternity from being created. It's really great and still holds up from it's 1955 publishing date.