Killing Time (Caleb Carr novel)
- Killing Time (Caleb Carr novel)
Killing Time is a dystopian novel by Caleb Carr set in the Mid-21st Century. It was initially serialized 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.
Characters
Main Characters
*Dr. Gideon Wolfe: the protagonist, a renowned expert in psychological profiling.
*Larissa Tresselian: beautiful and clever daughter of "the father of Information age"
*Malcolm Tressalian: Larissa's brother and head of the a band of techno-"terrorists"
*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
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 Decipi" 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 Henry, 1775
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