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Numbers Don't Lie Kindle Edition

by Terry Bisson (Author)

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Now you can get Terry Bisson’s three Wilson Wu novelettes in one place, including the Hugo-nominated “Get Me to the Church on Time”. Wilson’s been a rock musician, an engineer, and a pastry chef; he graduated law school and passed the bar on the first try. Drawn into adventure by his friend Irv, another lawyer with a talent for stumbling on strange phenomena, Wilson crunches the numbers. Together they find a junkyard dedicated to Volvos that conceals a rift in the space-time continuum, and a beaded seat cushion in a vacant lot that heralds the premature collapse of the universe. And when an airport baggage claim works like clockwork . . . ? Check out the math (Bisson has scrupulously illustrated the stories with formulas, all of which have been reviewed for “elegance” by famed mathematician Rudy Rucker), and discover for yourself that NUMBERS DON’T LIE.

Length: 220 pages

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File Size: 832 KB
Print Length: 220 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1892391325
Publisher: ElectricStory.com. Inc. (July 2, 2001)
Publication Date: July 2, 2001
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B004I6EIGY
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

Convoluted, splendidly-silly tall tales. 4.6 stars

By Peter D. Tillman VINE VOICE on September 16, 2006

Format: Paperback

This is a collection of the three Wilson Wu stories (first published in Asimov's, 1994-98), gathered into a nice little fixup 'novel'. The first, "The Hole in the Hole" introduces Wu and his Brooklyn pal Irving, as they search for an all-Volvo junkyard -- which, the author notes, really exists (or did) in the real Hole in darkest Brooklyn. Presumably the real Frankie's lacks the periodic incongruent neotopological adjacency (aka the lunar tire-dump) that is the centerpiece of this convoluted and very entertaining tall tale. Which you may well have already seen -- it was a Hugo nominee, and has been reprinted several times. The other two stories aren't quite up to HOLE -- but they're still pretty darned good. Recommended.

The author's website, terrybisson[dot]com, is well worth a visit, and has several free stories, if you're new to Bisson.

Happy reading--

Peter D. Tillman

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Renews your sense of wonder

By Mark A. Smith on August 6, 2006

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This was the type of book that drew me into science fiction in the first place. It ranks up there with Heinlein's juveniles. And I mean that as high praise. The only thing juvenile about that famous series of novels was that they avoided sex and extreme violence.

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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Another fine book by Terry Bisson

By S. Stockell on April 30, 2009

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Terry Bisson is a very entertaining author. I've enjoyed all of his books and stories, and look forward to more.

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