Child of Time - Isaac Asimov > Reviews

Advantages: An interesting tale, 2 great writers
Disadvantages: possibly hard to find

...manage to grab a neanderthal child form the ice age, and transport him to a world set itn he near future. The child is named Timmie, and is assigned a nurse, Miss Fellows to take care of him while he is observed. The novel tells of the devloping emotional bond between the nurse who is a surrogate mother figure, and thechild. When Miss Fellows discovers what the corporation have planned as the culmination of their experiments with the child, she ... Read review

Advantages: asimov, silverberg, what more do you want...
Disadvantages: short for the price, no aliens , no battles, no planets.

...years. It is about a neanderthal child snatched from the comfort(?) of his home into a future,of what can only be called, a comfortable prison. Of course a nanny is required. Plot here, she does not know anything about who she is to look after. It's a great story about a womans love for her charge, and the coldness and indifference of the superior scientists. A boy becomes nothing more than an expendable lab rat.. I liked it. A true asimov fan ... Read review