psc@lzwi.UUCP (Paul S. R. Chisholm) (10/22/85)
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MASTERS OF SPACE AND TIME concerns two scientists who manage to
futz with the laws of the Universe, and their comic adventures as they
lose and save the world. Fun, with some interesting bits on the nature
of reality.
THE MEANING OF LIFE is about a young man during the early sixties,
and his pursuit of booze, good times, pranks, the Meaning of Life, and
getting laid. This starts out as a mainstream novel, but the SF
elements (some cliched, some cute) become more pronounced as the novel
progresses. It turns out the main character has some very pressing
reasons to investigate the Meaning of Life.
In both books, Rucker's prose is invisible, which is usually the
best thing one can say about a writer's style. There are some nifty
ideas, too. Rucker does some philosophizing about reality, what it
means to change it, and what it means for it to change, and what it
means to be stuck with it. Two fairly good light reads.
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