Time Travel by the Masters

Ah, time travel books. I enjoy them as much as I'm confused by them. As long as you give me a good explanation why you can't go back and kill your own grandmother and then still exist, I'm good with the book. :-}

The book I read recently, "Time's Eye, Book One," by Arthur Clarke ("2001") and Steven Baxter, is a twist on the standard story because not only is one character going through time. Instead, whole mile-wide swaths of land have traveled from the "past" into what seems to be the "present". Thus, the Earth is like a patchwork quilt of different time zones. Geghis Khan and Alexander the Great exist on the planet at the same time and of course fight for control while some weird orbs hover in the sky, watching.

I'm very glad this is a three-book series because the authors in no way explain (meaning have the characters learn) what's going on to any degree of certainty. Thus, if you do write a time travel novel and you don't expect to write a sequel, don't leave any loose ends in plot. Readers will find them, believe me.