Killing Time (Caleb Carr novel)
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Killing Time is a dystopian novel by Caleb Carr
set in the Mid-21st Century. It was initially serial
ized in TIME
and later published in 2000 by Random House
. It includes criticisms of the information age
(see quotes below). The book was a departure for Carr, whose previous two novels (and his subsequent one) were crime thrillers set in the Victorian era.
Caleb Carr
Caleb Carr is an American novelist and military historian.-Biography:A son of Lucien Carr, a former UPI editor and a key Beat generation figure, he was born in Manhattan and lived for much of his life on the Lower East Side. He attended Kenyon College and New York University, earning a B.A. in...
set in the Mid-21st Century. It was initially serial
Serial (literature)
In literature, a serial is a publishing format by which a single large work, most often a work of narrative fiction, is presented in contiguous installments—also known as numbers, parts, or fascicles—either issued as separate publications or appearing in sequential issues of a single periodical...
ized in TIME
Time
Time is a part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change such as the motions of objects....
and later published in 2000 by Random House
Random House
Random House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
. It includes criticisms of the information age
Information Age
The Information Age, also commonly known as the Computer Age or Digital Age, is an idea that the current age will be characterized by the ability of individuals to transfer information freely, and to have instant access to knowledge that would have been difficult or impossible to find previously...
(see quotes below). The book was a departure for Carr, whose previous two novels (and his subsequent one) were crime thrillers set in the Victorian era.
Main Characters
- Dr. Gideon Wolfe: the criminal profiler and psychiatrist.
- Dov Eshkol: the antagonist, a ruthless, fanatic agent of the Israeli Mossad
Other Team-Members
- Prof. Julien Fouché: the molecular biologist
- Dr. Eli Kuperman: the anthropologist
- Dr. Jonah Kuperman: the archaeologist
- Colonel Slayton: the (ex-US-)soldier
- Dr. Leon Tarbell: the documents expert
- Larissa Tressalian: Gideon's lover/ former assassin
- Malcom Tressalian: Leader of the Team larissa's brother
Minor Characters
- Chief Dugumbe: leader of the African tribe, with which Dr. Gideon Wolfe lives upon writing down his story
- Mutesa: member of the African tribe, who becomes Dr. Wolfe's host and sponsor
- General Said: Malaysian warlord and arms dealer
Quotes
- "Mundus vult decipiMundus vult decipi, ergo decipiaturMundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur, a Latin phrase, means "The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived."- Origins :The saying is ascribed to Petronius, a Roman satirist from the first century, CE.Other attributions include the following:...
" is a Latin phrase meaning "The world wants to be deceived"
- "It is the greatest truth of our age: Information is not knowledge."
- I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging the future but by the past. -- Patrick HenryPatrick HenryPatrick Henry was an orator and politician who led the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s. A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia from 1776 to 1779 and subsequently, from 1784 to 1786...
, 1775