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Title: Paths to Otherwhere by James P. Hogan ISBN: 0-671-87767-4 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (10 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Promising material, but grindingly dull prose
Comment: "Paths to Otherwhere" is an example of a book that I wanted to like. The premise of the Many Worlds theory is fascinating, but the storyline is saddled with tired government/scientist cliches and uncompelling characters.
The story is clearly an excuse to explore cutting-edge concepts. No problem there... science fiction is well-populated with works of the type; Arthur C. Clarke and Michael Crichton come to mind. But Hogan's focus is so slanted towards the science that he forgot the story. He is a good author: The Giants/Ganymede series is a memorable work. Hogan unfortunately stumbles here
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Rating: 5
Summary: Good stuff
Comment: The idea of "parallel universes" is a science-fiction cliche', but Hogan manages to breathe a little fresh air into it with
this novel. He starts with the assumption that the Many Worlds Interpretation is true, and takes it from there. A team of scientists in this war-torn (and dying) world are able to project their consciousness into their counterparts in one of the infinite number of parallel worlds (what Hogan calls "the
Multiverse"). The government, as usual, gets involved, and attempts to screw things up horribly. I believe Hogan to be the
finest science-fiction writer alive today, and this novel amply
demostrates his talent.
Rating: 3
Summary: Better than......
Comment: This one is better than Thrice Upon a Time. Hogan still tends to get carried away sometimes with lenghthy explanations and suppositions of the science involved, but not to the exclusion of the plot in this one. This was written many years after Thrice Upon a Time, and it shows. I thought it was an entertaining and enjoyable read.
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Title: Outward Bound by James P. Hogan ISBN: 0812571916 Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Pub. Date: 15 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Voyage From Yesteryear by James P. Hogan ISBN: 0671577980 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Realtime Interrupt by James Patrick Hogan ISBN: 0671578847 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Star Child by James P. Hogan ISBN: 0671878786 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Legend That Was Earth by James P. Hogan ISBN: 0671318403 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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