In the first of two story threads, we meet Glenn Browning, a reasonably nice inhabitant of San Francisco working on a doctorate in the history of science. His girlfriend of the last year or so, Vivian, seems to have family issues that she is unwilling to discuss. Other than that, things are going pretty well.

In the second thread, Tamsin takes off from her San Francisco tech-startup job to attend her grandmother's funeral and to discover what has been left to her from the estate.

Both of these threads then transit parallel universes and meet each other several times.

Yes, this book is a complete story in one volume.

If books are often in conversation with other authors, this one is talking to Iain Banks (both with and without the M.), making a comment to Douglas Adams, and waving frantically at previous multiverse authors including Pratchett and Heinlein.

I enjoyed this more than I was expecting, and I was expecting to be entertained.

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On 1/08/24 04:28, -dsr- wrote:

In the first of two story threads, we meet Glenn Browning, a reasonably nice inhabitant of San Francisco working on a doctorate in the history of science. His girlfriend of the last year or so, Vivian, seems to have family issues that
she is unwilling to discuss. Other than that, things are going pretty well.

In the second thread, Tamsin takes off from her San Francisco tech-startup job
to attend her grandmother's funeral and to discover what has been left to her from the estate.

Both of these threads then transit parallel universes and meet each other several times.

Yes, this book is a complete story in one volume.

If books are often in conversation with other authors, this one is talking to Iain Banks (both with and without the M.), making a comment to Douglas Adams, and waving frantically at previous multiverse authors including Pratchett and Heinlein.

I enjoyed this more than I was expecting, and I was expecting to be entertained.

What a great review. Brief outline of characters, plot and structure
followed by innovative description of authorial style and just as
importantly, an opinion.
I am getting a copy today. Thank you.

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