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

David Brin (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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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.

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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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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 1888 KB
  • Print Length: 291 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 055326981X
  • Publisher: Spectra (23 Dec 2009)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0031W1DZ0
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #170,384 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars 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.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good story, but a little weak in places 17 July 1998
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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.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Brin had fun writing this one... 6 Feb 1998
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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.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars An early work but still great fun
This is a highly enjoyable book from a writer who has become one of the modern masters of SF. More a fantasy than hardcore SF, it still contains the first stirrings of Brin's... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Kalanisoi
4.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyable romp through a (slightly) alternative reality
Having just read Startide Rising and deciding to go back to the beginning, this obviously isn't quite as polished as Brin's later work but is still a fun read. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Denis Howe
5.0 out of 5 stars Practice makes perfect!
This is a cracker for anyone who enjoys sci fi /fantasy. I first read it when it was first published, way back when & 20 some years later it's still a great story
Published 8 months ago by philarelli
4.0 out of 5 stars The practice is needed in spelling
I loved the book, but the proofreading sucks. "Needler" - as in gun - is spelled as "needier" throughout the book, which any half-competent proofreader should have spotted within... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Igor the Annoyed
3.0 out of 5 stars 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 21 months ago by rob crawford
5.0 out of 5 stars 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
5.0 out of 5 stars 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
4.0 out of 5 stars 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
5.0 out of 5 stars An exellent book well worth buying
Get it.
Published on 21 May 1999
3.0 out of 5 stars 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
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