The Universe Between [Hardcover]

Alan E. Nourse (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1965

Issued in two bindings: boards with a dustjacket and illustrated boards (Library binding); there was also a Book Club edition. See individual listing for specific format. This is a novel-length expansion of two previously published stories, "High Threshold" and "The Universe Between" from 1951.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: David McKay; 1st edition (1965)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679202269
• ISBN-13: 978-0679202264
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,614,022 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgic!, February 23, 2012

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I first read this book when I was about 12. I cannot say that it was the first Science Fiction book I'd ever read. I can say that it helped propel me onto a life-long interest. Universe Between (which was entitled The Thresholders when I first came across it is a good example of early SciFi. Not having too many deep seated concepts it was a pretty good adventure tale on parallel universes and (strangely enough) how it's bad to abuse resources. Not rocket science, a good all around read.

4.0 out of 5 stars A timeless tale of topology, February 6, 2010

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H. E. LaFoe "Sci Fan" (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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What if someone could cross into a parallel universe, just by turning through a strange corner? And if all distances in our universe were just a few steps and an angle in the other? Travel anywhere, in just a few paces! The only problem is, the other universe appears so disrupted and confusing, that only a few high-adaptive characters in the story can stand to see it. The story develops the idea from a labortory curiosity, to a family secret, to an interplanetary transportation business, and finally to a relationship between the peoples of the two universes.

This was one of my favorites when I was in high school, forty years ago. It is timeless in its concepts and characters and would be just as interesting today.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating lucid science fiction, September 16, 1999

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Joel C. Weeks "joelbear" (Roswell, Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Universe Between (Hardcover)

Wow, I just had to add my post here. This was also the very first Science Fiction book I ever read. I moved on to Clarke, Tolkien, Asimov etc. from here, but I will always credit this book for beginning my life long love of the genre.