[net.sf-lovers] New Brin Book

dcn@ihuxl.UUCP (Dave Newkirk) (03/12/84)

	I just read "The Practice Effect" by David Brin - a new book that
	caught me by surprise last weekend.  I checked the publication date to
	make sure, and it said 1984!  Anyway, it is a light-hearted book
	that makes the old idea of alternate universes (where magic really works)
	enjoyable and almost believable, even to a hard SF fan such as myself.
	As our hero is leaving his world, he is informed by his rival that one
	of the laws of thermodynamics seems to be a little different in the other
	world.  The first half of the book is the hero's attempt to discover
	just what is different about the alternate universe and his attempts to
	return to Earth.  The second half turns into a slightly less interesting
	chase sequence and a battle, but overall the quality and imagination
	remains at a fairly high level, with an occasional chuckle thrown in.
	I recommend the book highly.
					Dave Newkirk, ihnp4!ihuxl!dcn