- Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Avon Books; Reprint edition (Jun 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0380710277
- ISBN-13: 978-0380710270
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,259,702 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A university physics discovery leads to an Eden-like world.
TWISTOR was my first novel. It's about people doing scientific research, about breakthrough physics discoveries, and about adventures in a "shadow world"
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
The accidental discovery of a device that carves spheres in/out of a parallel universe, and acts like a PAC-MAN or revolving door.
When spies arrive to steal the device, the inventor & friends are projected from the lab into a strange giant-redwood landscape in another dimension and forced to survive.
The twistor field is myth, but Cramer creates a curious "new world" feeling, that is imbued with some degree of suspense.
When spies arrive to steal the device, the inventor & friends are projected from the lab into a strange giant-redwood landscape in another dimension and forced to survive.
The twistor field is myth, but Cramer creates a curious "new world" feeling, that is imbued with some degree of suspense.
An easily readable holiday book.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
My edition of "Twistor" was published in 1989. I found Cramer's predictions in the afterword to be quite an accurate reflection of what the internet has become...starting from BitNet. Its a good story with the kind of plot that is hard to put down. Now if only he'd write that sequel he alluded to in the afterword...
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I am often bemused by customer reviews that criticize a science fiction book because it has science in it. This is the type of book that a lot of "science fiction" fans won't like: It contains some actual, fairly believable science; it takes place in the present; it is not a space opera. Twistor uses the concept of a shadow universe to provide us with a most interesting thriller. If the modest amount of science is over your head you can safely skim through it.
My only annoyance was with the fairy tale that the protagonist told to two children in stages throughout the book. While I can grasp the author's intent in telling it, I didn't like the plot interruption. All in all a most worthy book.
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One of my all-time favorite hard sci-fi books.
I remember reading this book back in 1990 or so and not being able to put it down. It completely captured my imagination and remains one of my all-time favorite hard sci-fi books. Read more
Published on 2 Jun 1998
Twistor--Good ride.
I was surprised by Twistor...The cover promotes it as a "hard science fiction" book, which I like and looked forward to reading. Read more
Published on 13 Jun 1997
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