The Timebroker

By Nan Weizenbaum

Book Overview

Feeling harried? Growing old too fast? Soon, with the advent of the O Transformer, you will be able to purchase time. Although if you are not wealthy enough, you may become a chronogen, and your O... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738864471
• ISBN13: 9780738864471
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Xlibris
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

A dark and disturbing extrapolation of human nature

Nan Weizenbaum's The Timebroker is a chilling science fiction novel written by an extraordinarily talented woman, about the revolutionary effects of the O-Transformer, an invention that allows people to purchase time. Those not wealthy enough to buy time, however, become chronogens whose O-Energy is siphoned while watching large-screen videos. A dark and disturbing extrapolation of human nature when given technology with limitless power, The Timebroker is a compelling and recommended read from first page to last. The Timebroker is also available in a hardcover edition (0738864463, ...) and an ebook format ....