TWISTOR [Import] [Paperback]

JOHN CRAMER (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: NEW ENGLISH LIBRARY LTD (1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0450551172
• ISBN-13: 978-0450551178
• Shipping Weight: 7.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,689,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Twistor - A Fine Story, January 31, 2000

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S. Swinbanks (Malaysia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Twistor (Mass Market Paperback)

Cramer's blend of physics and a believable story in the near future makes for a book that is difficult to put down. The physics is real with only slight modification to make it acceptable in a fictional novel. This makes for more realistic fiction than the more far-fetched 'star wars' type. All in all, it's a book that I found very readable. The only annoying feature was the continual break in story line to recount a fairy-tale to the two children. I hope he writes more books along the same lines.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars At Last: A Science Fiction Book With Science, July 23, 1998

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Robert Derenthal "bucherwurm" (California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twistor (Mass Market Paperback)

I am often bemused by customer reviews that criticize a science fiction book because it has science in it. This is the type of book that a lot of "science fiction" fans won't like: It contains some actual, fairly believable science; it takes place in the present; it is not a space opera. Twistor uses the concept of a shadow universe to provide us with a most interesting thriller. If the modest amount of science is over your head you can safely skim through it.

My only annoyance was with the fairy tale that the protagonist told to two children in stages throughout the book. While I can grasp the author's intent in telling it, I didn't like the plot interruption. All in all a most worthy book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great hard sci-fi, December 23, 2001

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Hugh Watkins (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twistor (Mass Market Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book. It is set in the present time and approaches the story as something that could be happening at a University lab right now. Some people won't like it because the characters aren't morally bankrupt, but if you like hard science fiction with a happy ending this is it.

The story is somewhat predictable, but keeps you interested.