- Mass Market Paperback: 277 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group; Reissue edition (5 Oct 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 055326981X
- ISBN-13: 978-0553269819
- Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 1.6 x 17.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 430,064 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Dennis Nuel, a physicist, travels to an anomoly world, where the laws of science are unpredictable, via the zievatron in order to find out what is wrong with the device's return mechanism.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
The book could use practice...,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Practice Effect (Bantam Spectra Book) (Mass Market Paperback)
This book was written, clearly, before David Brin had "practiced" his writing skills to full effect. Characters are very flat, especailly the clicheed and obvious antagonist. The premise is interesting and the first 25 pages strong, and while some concepts are addressed with a flair that would come to be known as distinctly David Brin, it is painfully obvious in this attempt that he was more scientist than author at this point in his career. In fact, it makes an interesting study to see how far someone can go, how great someone can improve if they just... you guessed it... practice.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good story, but a little weak in places,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Practice Effect (Bantam Spectra Book) (Mass Market Paperback)
Dennis Nuel is a scientist who is looking for other realities. While he is brilliant, he isn't very politically minded, and he is taken off his project to find these other worlds. When he is given the chance to explore a new reality, on the condition that he fix the machine that takes him to it, he jumps at the opportunity. Once Dennis arrives, he begins to notice some very strange properties in the world around him. The Practice Effect, is a good read. It's entertaining, and presents some interesting ideas about space, and time. Brin's characters are a little under-developed, and the plot is weak in places.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Brin had fun writing this one...,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Practice Effect (Bantam Spectra Book) (Mass Market Paperback)
If you are a physicist (like this reader), you will be rolling on the floor laughing. If not, you will simply find the book very, very funny. Brin sneaks in everything, from parodies of Star Wars to bad Latin puns. So it falls in the standard hero-goes-to-strange-country-and-makes-good, complete with Helpful Sidekick and Beautiful Damsel. So what? Brin obviously had great fun writing this one. I had fun reading it. Hope you do too.
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