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A review by cheryl6of8
The Escape by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith
3.0
3.5 stars. Temporal mechanics is not my best sci-fi subject, so I was a bit overwhelmed by the idea of back-timing and things that happened/unhappened. But, when I stopped trying to understand it and went with the flow I was fine. Probably the best moment for me was, while on my way to my statistics class, reading a conversation about the Mean Time Control,, with Neelix wanting B'Elanna to show the Alcawellians that she could also be "mean," and Harry saying "that's not what I mean, I mean . . ." Since we had just finished covering mean, median, and mode in statistics, that cracked me up.
The other thing I found intriguing was the antigravity pads that Drickel was using to levitate things, since they have just started talking about tractor beams that can levitate objects powered by sound waves. The longer I live, the more realistic Star Trek's vision of the future becomes -- in part because people are inspired by Star Trek. Or is that another time loop paradox thing?
All in all, an interesting story, with nice sci-fi stuff and good development of the relationships among the crew.
The other thing I found intriguing was the antigravity pads that Drickel was using to levitate things, since they have just started talking about tractor beams that can levitate objects powered by sound waves. The longer I live, the more realistic Star Trek's vision of the future becomes -- in part because people are inspired by Star Trek. Or is that another time loop paradox thing?
All in all, an interesting story, with nice sci-fi stuff and good development of the relationships among the crew.