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The Practice Effect
The Practice Effect
Author: David Brin
Physicist Dennis Nuel is needed back on the Zievatron Project. The zievatron, a device created to provide access to parallel worlds, has indeed made contact. But now the return mechanism is malfunctioning, and only to repair it is for someone to go through to this alien world where no human has yet ventured. Dennis will take with him the tiny, f...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780553255935
ISBN-10: 0553255932
Publication Date: 1/1/1985
Pages: 278
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3.3 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Another good Brin book. "Practice makes perfect" brings a whole new meaning when the physics have gone a bit strange. In this, people make simple clothes out of rags and junk, and give them to others to wear and use for a while. Later, those practiced items are taken back once they are high enough quality. The upperclass has even more of a reason to make the lowerclass do all the work.
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Not my favorite Brin, but fun concept.
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a unique story about travel to a strange world where the laws of physics are different. Science is a mix of modern and stoneage and used items get better no worse with time.
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I really like this book. It's not as well known as Brin's other books, but this is fun as well as well as philosophically interesting. The way science fiction used to be!
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A very enjoyable and well thought out book.


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