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The Practice Effect
The Practice Effect
Author: David Brin
Physicist Dennis Nuel was the first human to probe the strange realms called anomaly worlds-alternate universes where the laws of science were unpredictably changed. But the world Dennis discovered seemed almost like our own-with one perplexing difference. To his astonishment, he was hailed as a wizard, and found himself fighting beside a beauti...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780553239928
ISBN-10: 0553239929
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: 276
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3.6 stars, based on 20 ratings
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Another good Brin book. "Practice makes perfect" brings a whole new meaning when the physics have gone a bit strange. In this, people make simple clothes out of rags and junk, and give them to others to wear and use for a while. Later, those practiced items are taken back once they are high enough quality. The upperclass has even more of a reason to make the lowerclass do all the work.
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Not my favorite Brin, but fun concept.
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a unique story about travel to a strange world where the laws of physics are different. Science is a mix of modern and stoneage and used items get better no worse with time.
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I really like this book. It's not as well known as Brin's other books, but this is fun as well as well as philosophically interesting. The way science fiction used to be!
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A very enjoyable and well thought out book.


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