I'm a fan of Gore Vidal's -- he has great wit and an understanding of history that can make stories from the past come alive. What better way to make the past and the present come alive than through a time travel science fiction book right? WRONGUnfortunately I have this habit of finishing almost every book I start reading. I finished this one and it was painful. Right of the bat, I was a little put off by the cover. The Harlequin Romance style artwork can give you the idea that the book will contain torrid erotic passages in the midst of the stuffy museum. Instead you get very tepid action that includes a high school age boy. The story surrounding that is even worse and unlike Vidal's other work, very hard to follow.