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A review by carolined314
The Clockwork Rocket by Greg Egan
3.0
This book is littered with diagrams meant to explore alternate universe physics. Cool, right? Well, flip through and make sure you can make sense of them before you get into the story. Not that you must understand the alternate physics to enjoy the story; but it helps. The critters in this book are fundamentally alien, although also scholars and engineers.
As a light philosophy text and physics game, I found it amusing. As a work of fiction, both jumpy and dry. However, there's some interesting feminism and sensory description that occasionally made me sit up and say, "Wow."
As a light philosophy text and physics game, I found it amusing. As a work of fiction, both jumpy and dry. However, there's some interesting feminism and sensory description that occasionally made me sit up and say, "Wow."