How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

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Livre relié, 256 pages

Langue : English

Publié 7 septembre 2010 par Pantheon Books.

ISBN :
978-0-307-37920-7
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Numéro OCLC :
491896474
Goodreads:
7726420

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Every day in Minor Universe 31 people get into time machines and try to change the past. That’s where Charles Yu, time travel technician, steps in. He helps save people from themselves. Literally. When he’s not taking client calls, Yu visits his mother and searches for his father, who invented time travel and then vanished. The key to locating his father may be found in a book. It’s called How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, and somewhere inside it is information that will help him. It may even save his life.

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depressing homage to Hitchhiker's Guide; I don't recommend

Basically: I'd not recommend this book. Or I'd recommend it if it were ⅕ the length.

  • 1st 20%: 5 stars. Reaction: interesting experiment, fun concept, enjoying both the SF abstractions and the navel-gazing/philosophizing.
  • next 30%: 4 stars. Reaction: starting to wonder if the repetitive navel-gazing will tone down and the actual plot will get more contentful.
  • last 50%: 1 star. Reaction: omfg I can't believe this all the book's going to offer.