Dmitri

By Jamey Cohen

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451096630
• ISBN13: 9780451096630
• Release Date: March 1981
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Intriguing Historical SF

This is a fantastic book. I first read it years ago, and have been searching for another copy ever since, but could not remember the author, and the title alone gave far too many hits to be of use. I am glad to have finally found another copy.

My Sophmore Book Review: Dmitri

In this book, by Jamey Cohen, the shady past of Dmitri Ivanovich is brought out into light. During a hypnosis class, Dmitri, son of Ivan the Terrible, somehow manifests himself in the present day world using a college student's body. The book, obviously fiction, was written in a light, airy way, which made the book a quick read. However, although the book was easily comprehendible, it did take some intelligence to hold in all the numerous facts the author throws at you. There is a lot of historical mystery surrounding the Ivanovich family, and the Tsar's that have ruled below and beneath them. Taking advantage of this, the author creates a very ingenious plot (in my opinion) that takes in the boy's death and the newness of age-regression hypnosis (during the time period that the book was in print) to master a quite intriguing story. The plot is both interesting and plausible, spiced with an air of authenticity. I think this is one of the most thought-provoking books I have ever read. I believe Jamey Cohen did a fine job of keeping the reader's attention by throwing in little known facts, but I really would have appreciated some verification on some of the information given. The author states that during the Ivanovich rule, it was popular for women to dye the whites of their eyes black, for cosmetic reasons. I have studied that era extensively, and never had heard that before. However, taking into account that this was a fiction book, the author did not have to necessarily prove everything she said to be true. I also found it very new to me that Dmitri Ivanovich suffered from epilepsy, and at first, I wasn't sure if I believed this either. I can say this though: Jamey Cohen definitely got me interested in other age-regression hypnosis stories, as well as Russian culture. I found the mystery surrounding the death of the boy extremely intriguing, and I actually did more research on the subject after I read the book. Another thing that I thought was interesting, was the way the author added distinct personalities to each of the characters, past or present-day. Not only did Cohen let the reader start to host a battle in their mind over Dmitri or John, and who will be in control of the body, but the author deliberately set-up mind traps along the way, to keep you thinking. Like, when she proposed the question of whether or not John would survive another of Dmitri's seizures. Another good point the author made was what would happen to John after Dmitri's death. Would John perish? Would Dmitri be gone forever, or just go back to his own era, his own little space he occupied in time? On the other hand, would he even have existed? I actually had to put the book down, sit, and think about the outcome of each of these questions. Then another set of questions came at me, such as what would happen if the character Marina tampered too much with Dmitri's life, or our past. Then came the paradoxes. Jamey Cohen is a very talented author, to

Science Fiction Novel Based in Historical Russia

Dmitri Ivanovich, nine year old son of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, manifests himself in the present day through a college student undergoing age regression hypnosis. Because of the historical mystery concerning the circumstances surrounding the death of this boy, the author is able to develop an unexpected but plausible plot which is interesting and educational. Dmitri is written in a light, easy style, spiced with tidbits which have an air of authenticity. I would have appreciated some notes or sources concerning such elements as the fashion of dying the whites of the eyes black for cosmetic reasons. Did this really happen? How? Two adults in my family read Dmitri, each in one day. Because of our interest in Russian history and customs, this proved to be well worth the time.