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1) Paperback Book Master of Space and Time by Running Press. I don´t know what book those other people were reading, when they gave this five stars. What bothered me about this book. Short list:
1) Bigotry. I´d obviously prefer people don´t flap their bigotries in the wind, but if they´re going to, then it´s incredibly distasteful to see people justify their bigotry by making the people they hate *deserve* that hatred by doing such palpably inane things. Anti-religious bigotry runs throughout this book. He makes up a couple of religions that are really stupid (showing that he doesn´t understand how any religions outside of California actually work), and he has Christians flock straight into alien subservience for no other apparent reason than that it would be stupid to flock in, so Christians would obviously do that. And it just never seems to occur to him that there´s something wrong with that.
2) Speaking of Rucker not having properly thought out what "real people" should actually do: early on, a giant lizard attacks a city. The book takes place in a world fairly similar to this one, so nothing like that has ever happened. And the next day, is anyone talking about it? For some reason, no. It´s boring old business as usual. And when the main character actually asks somebody about it, it´s like "Oh yeah, that thing. Yeah that was kinda weird."
3) If you´re going to rip off Robert Heinlein (Puppetmasters) please do a good job of it. Better yet, don´t rip off Robert Heinlein.
4) If you´re going to rip off Robert Heinlein (By His Bootstraps) please do a good job of it. Better yet, don´t rip off Robert Heinlein.
5) Isn´t Rucker supposed to actually be a scientist? Then why doesn´t he display some sense of science? He just tosses out science terms willy-nilly as justifications for the plot, without any actual science. Why does changing Plank´s constant give these guys power? Seriously. There used to be a day when you´d read science fiction and come away actually having learned something. But hey, Rucker´s obviously a string theorist. Those guys don´t feel like they need to make sense with science, either, so he probably doesn´t see what´s wrong with this.
6) And for kicks, we get to come along on Rucker´s transsexual fantasy. He does make sure to explain that he wished to become a beautiful woman as part of a heterosexual urge, though. Uh, yeah. Riiiiight.¤

2) Paperback Book Master of Space and Time by Running Press. This is my first Rudy Rucker book, and I guess he´s not for me. Lots of wacky things happen from chapter to chapter, but it would be nice if there was a plot that I cared about. It just felt very haphazard.¤

3) Paperback Book Master of Space and Time by Running Press. I love Rucker´s work... but this was not his best. This novel involves people making ´wishes.´ And the wishes really aren´t thought through very well, even when the novel suggests they are. This is obviously one of Rudy´s earlier works... its fun and enjoyable, but he has produced much better.¤

4) Paperback Book Master of Space and Time by Running Press. ______________________________________________
"Master of Space
& Time" (1985) is still my favorite Rucker novel,
in which the tale of three wishes granted is explored via quantum
mechanics, with wonderfully bizarre results. The apotheosis of Harry
Gerber... I´ve read MST at least three times, & laughed aloud each time. One never knows
what someone else´s taste in humor might be, but I´ve given away at least half-a-dozen
copies of MST over the years, and never heard a complaint. I´m very glad to see it back in print.

Happy reading--
Peter D. Tillman

¤

5) Paperback Book Master of Space and Time by Running Press. Any chance of this book actually being reprinted now that it is being adapted as the next film by the brilliant Michel Gondry? I´d like to read it, but I don´t want to shell out twenty-five bucks for a paperback when I know the film will be brilliant anyway.¤

The real world is unbearable to madcap inventor Harry Gerber, so he uses his genius to twist the laws of science and create his own tailor-made universe. Master of Space and Time combines high physics and high jinks, blurring the line between science and magic. From a voyage to a mirror-image world where sluglike parasites make slaves of humanity, to trees and bushes that grow fries and pork chops, to a rain of fish, author Rudy Rucker—two-time winner of the Philip K. Dick Award—takes readers on the ultimate joyride. But once the gluons at the core of Harry´s creation run out ... disaster looms for Harry and his friends.

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