Start reading The Practice Effect (Bantam Spectra Book) on your Kindle in under a minute. Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here.

Try it free

Read books on your computer or other mobile devices with our FREE Kindle Reading Apps.

Share your own customer images

The Practice Effect (Bantam Spectra Book) [Kindle Edition]

David Brin (Author)

4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews) |

Digital List Price:	�5.25 What's this?
Kindle Price:	�4.20 includes VAT* & free wireless delivery via *Amazon Whispernet*
You Save:	�1.05 (20%)
Unlike print books, digital books are subject to VAT.

Length: 291 pages
Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here.

	Amazon Price		New from	Used from
Kindle Edition	�4.20		--	--
Hardcover	--		--	--
Show # more hardcovers
Show fewer hardcovers
Mass Market Paperback	�5.10		--	--
Show # more paperbacks
Show fewer paperbacks
Unknown Binding	--		--	--
Audio Download, Unabridged	�11.47	or Free with Audible.co.uk 30-day free trial

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

The Postman by David Brin
4.4 out of 5 stars (68)

�4.16
The Crystal Spheres by David Brin

�0.72
The Uplift War: Uplift Series, Book 3 (Uplift Trilogy) by David Brin
4.4 out of 5 stars (7)

�4.20
Startide Rising: Uplift Series, Book 2 (Uplift Tril... by David Brin
4.7 out of 5 stars (9)

�4.20
Tank Farm Dynamo by David Brin
3.0 out of 5 stars (1)

�0.77
Stones of Significance by David Brin

�0.77

Product Description

Dennis Nuel is a physicist who, during his research, develops a machine that allows him to explore alternate realities, each of which sport some very strange scientific properties.

Synopsis

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.

Product details

Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 460 KB
Print Length: 291 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 055326981X
Publisher: Spectra (23 Dec 2009)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B0031W1DZ0
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #88,767 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Would you like to give feedback on images?

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, and more.

› Visit Amazon's David Brin Page

What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?

The Postman by David Brin Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars (68)

�4.16

Containment by Christian Cantrell Kindle Edition
4.1 out of 5 stars (62)

�0.77

Exiles (The Progenitor Trilogy, Book One) by Dan Worth Kindle Edition
3.9 out of 5 stars (87)

�1.92

The Einstein Theory of Relativity by H.A. Lorentz Kindle Edition
3.8 out of 5 stars (11)

�0.00

› Explore similar items

Tag this product

(What's this?)

Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items.

Customer Reviews

1 star

4.0 out of 5 stars

Write a customer review

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

The book could use practice... 15 April 1998

By A Customer

Format: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.

Comment |

Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Good story, but a little weak in places 17 July 1998

By A Customer

Format: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.

Comment |

Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Brin had fun writing this one... 6 Feb 1998

By A Customer

Format: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.

Comment |

Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

› See all 10 customer reviews on Amazon.co.uk

Write a customer review

Would you like to see more reviews about this item?

› Go to Amazon.com to see all 40 reviews

Were these reviews helpful? Let us know

Most Recent Customer Reviews

at least he was having fun

This is a one-time quick read, kind of like a disposable episode on TV. The characters are fun, if rather two dimensional, and the science in it is essentially magic. Read more

Published 9 months ago by rob crawford

Brin's first published novel, and a comic classic

This novel is very different, and much more light hearted, than the rest of David Brin's work. His later books have more going for them in terms of plot, character development, and... Read more

Published on 5 Aug 2007 by Marshall Lord

Read it

A great book, pulling you in immediately. Buy it, and tell your friends to buy it, because it looks to be going out of print. Read more

Published on 18 Dec 2004 by Andrew Gubb

Very Entertaining Read

Having recently discovered David Brin, this being the first of his works that I have read, I can honestly say it persuaded me to read more of his works. Read more

Published on 12 Dec 2000

An exellent book well worth buying

Get it.

Published on 21 May 1999

Early Brin, so be forewarned

I rate books by the bathroom. A good book is one I find myself taking into the bathroom without conscious thought, and the exceptional book causes me to forget to the bathroom... Read more

Published on 2 July 1997

If you like puns, this is for you!

One of the funniest SF novels ever. I have been waiting *years* for this to be re-issued!
The setting of the first part of the book is in an advanced physics lab located in... Read more

Published on 4 April 1997

.jsOffDisplayBlock { display: block; } .jsOffDisplayInline { display: inline; } .jsOffVisibility { visibility: visible; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jsOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jqOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jqOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jqOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; }

Customer Discussions

This product's forum

Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight

Start a new discussion

Topic:

First post:

Receive e-mail when new posts are made

Prompts for sign-in

Guidelines

Active discussions in related forums

Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
fiction forum Self-published books: pain or gain?	552	1 hour ago
fiction forum What are you reading now?	4742	2 hours ago
fiction forum What is your favourite poem. Mine is Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman	193	3 hours ago
science fiction forum Can you recommend a good book to use as a door stopper and no silly comments please.....thats done it now	24	4 hours ago
fiction forum FREE Wine Novel	0	4 hours ago
fiction forum Steven King's new book NOT published in e-form	2	8 hours ago
science fiction forum Book suggestions please?	60	8 hours ago
fiction forum Breaking the rules, how do you feel about it?	21	9 hours ago