Timescape is 1980novel by science fiction writer Gregory Benford. It won the 1980 Nebula Award for Best Novel and was widely hailed by both critics of science fiction and mainstream literature for its fusion of detailed character development and interpersonal drama with more standard science fiction fare such as time travel and ecological issues.
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The novel is written from two viewpoints 36 years apart. The first thread is set in a 1998 ravaged by ecological disasters such as algal blooms and diebacks on the brink of large scale extinctions. This thread follows a group of scientists in the United Kingdom connected with the University of Cambridge led by John Renfrew (including an American "Gregory Markham" most likely modelled on Benford himself) attempting to communicate with the past to warn of the impending disaster via the use of tachyons. The second thread is set in La Jolla, California in 1962 where young scientist, Gordon Bernstein discovers unusual signals in one of his physics experiments. The novel was written in 1980, midway between these two story threads.
Talisman Timescape is an expansion to the second edition of the Talisman board game, both produced by Games Workshop.
When you enter the Timescape you are on your own—a stranger, riding the waves of space and time in a realm alien to anything you have known.
The player may enter the Timescape by encountering a Warp Gate, stumbling upong the Horrible Black Void (from Talisman The Adventure) or by visiting special people (such as the Enchantress or the Warlock).
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