Reviews
“Another entry in Baker’s superlative series about Dr. Zeus. . . . An astonishing and thoroughly satisfying installment. What’s more, Baker’s overall concept and rationale, flawlessly sustained through five books, grows ever more spellbinding and impressive.” —Kirkus Reviews [starred review] on The Life of the World to Come
“Baker’s trademark mix of serious speculation and black humor informs this solid addition to her time-travel series.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on The Life of the World to Come
“One of the most consistently entertaining series to appear in the late nineties. The novels read like literary pastiches–echoes of Heinlein and Robert Louis Stevenson fill this one–and the narrative pace matches that of most thrillers.” —Amazing Stories on The Life of the World to Come
“Returning to her popular series featuring characters from the Company, Baker expertly combines romance, myth, and high adventure.” —Library Journal on The Life of the World to Come
“Alec is quite a character, especially for the sedate twenty-fourth century, and in Baker’s skillful hands, his story is well told and engrossing.” —Booklist on The Life of the World to Come
“The strengths of The Life of the World to Come are many. The structure of the novel, moving full circle and back and forth through time, is ingenious and deft, creating a mesmerizing chain of cause and effect, effect and cause, as in the best time-travel fiction….an excellent novel, and absorbing post-historical bildungsroman and an impressive upping of the “Company” sequence’s ante.” —Locus
