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Review by tafta -- Worldlines by Adam Guest
[Following is a volunteer review of "Worldlines" by Adam Guest.]
Worldlines by Adam Guest is a science fiction novel centered around theories suggesting that humanity exists in a multiverse instead of a universe. Gary Jackson is a physics student at a university. He is introduced to the theory of the existence of many worlds during a lecture-discussion. Having returned from a holiday with his girlfriend Michelle and attending his best friend Sinead’s birthday party, Gary sticks a knife into Michelle’s throat and kills her.
In another world, Gary wakes up from a dream in which while he was in control, had stabbed Michelle as revenge for rejecting him. Sinead is Gary’s girlfriend. To add to the strangeness of it all, Mary Sinead’s mother who suffers from dementia and hallucinations witnessed what happened in Gary’s dream. In order to get an understanding of what is taking place, they visit Sinead’s lecturer. The realization that another Gary is in prison for a crime he did not commit is birthed. Together they make a plan to help get the wrongfully accused Gary exonerated in his world.
Worldlines puts across a difficulty to understand the concept in the story of Gary. It explains how each occurrence’s probable outcome is actually an outcome in another world. An example is how in one world Michelle had rejected Gary and yet, in another world, they were lovers. The author labels the worlds differently in order to allow for a clear read. I found myself getting a bit confused on which Gary was in the discussion despite the naming of the different worlds at the beginning of chapters.
Another strange or not so common concept that the author bases his story on is lucid dreaming. This is whereby one while dreaming realizes that they are dreaming and take charge of the dream manipulating events in that dream to their personal desires. This is a doorway from one world to another. It is the way that the incarcerated Gary gets to be freed from prison in his world line. I did think it is a stretch of the imagination that, given the many worlds that the author suggests, one manages to make it into the appropriate world and transforms things in it.
The book Worldlines is a well-presented book. I did not see unnecessary spacing within its context. Though it circles around murder, it is light enough so as to be easily read without leaving thoughts of horror in the reader’s mind. I liked that the author in labeling the chapters according to the world in discussion eliminates confusion. What I disliked about the book is the many-worlds concept in itself, it sounds creepy that another you can visit your world and do anything. I would rate the book 4 stars out of 4 because I think the story befits its genre. The book is also professionally edited; I did not notice any typos while reading it. I would not recommend the book to children, I think it would be too taxing on their intellect.
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Worldlines by Adam Guest is a science fiction novel centered around theories suggesting that humanity exists in a multiverse instead of a universe. Gary Jackson is a physics student at a university. He is introduced to the theory of the existence of many worlds during a lecture-discussion. Having returned from a holiday with his girlfriend Michelle and attending his best friend Sinead’s birthday party, Gary sticks a knife into Michelle’s throat and kills her.
In another world, Gary wakes up from a dream in which while he was in control, had stabbed Michelle as revenge for rejecting him. Sinead is Gary’s girlfriend. To add to the strangeness of it all, Mary Sinead’s mother who suffers from dementia and hallucinations witnessed what happened in Gary’s dream. In order to get an understanding of what is taking place, they visit Sinead’s lecturer. The realization that another Gary is in prison for a crime he did not commit is birthed. Together they make a plan to help get the wrongfully accused Gary exonerated in his world.
Worldlines puts across a difficulty to understand the concept in the story of Gary. It explains how each occurrence’s probable outcome is actually an outcome in another world. An example is how in one world Michelle had rejected Gary and yet, in another world, they were lovers. The author labels the worlds differently in order to allow for a clear read. I found myself getting a bit confused on which Gary was in the discussion despite the naming of the different worlds at the beginning of chapters.
Another strange or not so common concept that the author bases his story on is lucid dreaming. This is whereby one while dreaming realizes that they are dreaming and take charge of the dream manipulating events in that dream to their personal desires. This is a doorway from one world to another. It is the way that the incarcerated Gary gets to be freed from prison in his world line. I did think it is a stretch of the imagination that, given the many worlds that the author suggests, one manages to make it into the appropriate world and transforms things in it.
The book Worldlines is a well-presented book. I did not see unnecessary spacing within its context. Though it circles around murder, it is light enough so as to be easily read without leaving thoughts of horror in the reader’s mind. I liked that the author in labeling the chapters according to the world in discussion eliminates confusion. What I disliked about the book is the many-worlds concept in itself, it sounds creepy that another you can visit your world and do anything. I would rate the book 4 stars out of 4 because I think the story befits its genre. The book is also professionally edited; I did not notice any typos while reading it. I would not recommend the book to children, I think it would be too taxing on their intellect.
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