The author didn't put any effort into the teleportation aspect, which is the whole point of the book (or - shudder - didn't *know* that the Earth is round and it isn't 3:14 PM and sunny all over the world at the same time). However, he had a direct communication link with friends back home, which would require some sort of explanation as to how they could communicate in real time with somebody 7 hours in the past. My first instinct was to defend the author, thinking that maybe there was a time travel element involved. However, the author decided to focus on the time, stating something like, "The sun sets around 5pm in this part of Africa. Had the author not mentioned anything about the time of day, it would have worked fine. It makes sense that he would be in Egypt at 10:14PM after the teleportation. In one case, it was Egypt, which is likely a ~7 hour difference from where John started out. Unfortunately, when it is 3:14 PM in the United States, it is also 3:14PM wherever he teleports to. These locations get further and further away from home each time. Without giving any spoilers, here is my issue with the teleportation in the book:Īt 3:14 PM and 3:14 AM, John teleports to and from various places. If a book about teleportation screws up the process of teleportation, it is a problem.
I consider this a decent 3 star book, however I had to take off another star due to a massive flaw.
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