I didn't have the fortitude to finish it. I didn't care what happened in Mr. Carr's pulp science fiction novel. Flash Gordon was better. I loved the Alienist, didn't like Angel of Death....and didn't have the strength for Killing Time. I started the book looking forward to Mr. Carr's insightful, beautifully described look into the future. Unfortunately, he offers up one or two twists on what the world will be like in 23 years, kind of like seeing the Statue of Liberty buried in the sand in the "Planet of the Ape's" movie. Only there wasn't enough intelligence in the writing to make me want to keep going. Boring, boring, badly written and a big disappointment.