Ripping Time

by Robert Lynn Asprin and Linda Evans

Book Overview

Settle Back for a HotOne: IT"S RIPPINGTIME When terrorists gun down Jenna Caddrick'sfiancee, the only daughter of Senator John Caddrick is trapped in a desperatestruggle to stay alive. With a pack of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671578677
• ISBN13: 9780671578671
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Baen Books
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.1" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

I would give it 6 stars if I could

Wow! I love this series, but this is my favorite so far. If you haven't read the first three, go get them first. If you have, then you know how good they are, this is better!

they're baaacck.....

Meaning Kit Carson, his grandaughter, Margo, Skeeter Jackson and the rest of the residents of Time Terminal 86, and this time they have to deal with that unknown "gentleman" of Victorian England known as Jack the Ripper. May as well get a couple of flaws out of the way first...As some of the other reviewers have pointed out, this is in two parts, which is needless. The book would not have been absurdly large had it all been published as a single volume, so to actually complete the story, you'll need to go ahead and buy the second book "The House That Jack Built" as well. There is also some bad writing here in a place or two...a few run-on sentences that just go on and on, to the point you find yourself having to go back and reread the passage more than once to figure out what is meant.This is not really a criticism, but the authors obviously accept the James Maybrick Diary (published a few years ago as "The Diary of Jack the Ripper") as geniune. There are some convincing arguements in favor of the diary, but just as many arguements, and just as compelling, that it is false. That said, what you are left with is a "ripping' (lousy pun intended) good story. You have a crooked polictian (isn't this becoming just a bit of cliche character now?) with his own agenda, murdering anyone who gets in the way, including his own daugther, who manages to avoid the planned hit with the help of a mysterious private investigator, and flees down the Victorian England "gate" to escape the pursuing hit men, and guess who is waiting on the other side? Actually, the "Whitechapel Murders" forms a second plot, in which a team of investigators are trying to positivly ID the Ripper,but they are in for a big surprise when they do. A pretty good book, but you do have to have both of them...

Great to see Asprin Back

Bob Asprin has shown clever talented abilities writing across the spectrum of humor to hard-nose alternate history. This is an excellent delving into the past. The altered view of one of the world's most famous murder was wonderful. My only grumble is that it ends unfinished, telling us to read the next book, but I wonder if that was even the authors' decision or the publishers instead! I eagerly await the sequel.

Great Read, Fascinating look at Victorian England, but...

I recommend this book highly but be warned, It does not have a conclusion but a "to be continued.." on the last page. I eagerly await "The House that Jack Built" but would have appreciated a warning that "Ripping Time" is only the first half the story. I hate reading in installments and would have shelved it until the conclusion (I hope?) came out, had I known. So, If you are like me, buy it and wait for the rest of the story. If not, buy it and read it now, then wait. But BUY it. While waiting, check out the previous books in this series. They provide many of the characters who appear in "Ripping Time" and are enjoyable reads on thier own.

Great chase through time

A very good story. Continuation of past characters with broader insite of each. While the story has a tendency to lag, for my taste, the analysis and description of the Ripper, the crime and the historical time is excellent. I read the story in on sitting and look forward the next installment. Asprin and Evans have hit upon a winning series