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Grad-school dropout Matt Fuller is toiling as a lowly research assistant at MIT when, while measuring quantum relationships between gravity and light, his calibrator disappears and reappears one second later. In fact, every time Matt hits the reset button, the machine goes missing twelve times longer.
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Classical in form, contemporary, cool and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Joe Haldeman
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 278
- Publisher
- Ace Hardcover, Ace Books
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780441014996
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Joe William Haldeman (born June 9, 1943) is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his novel The Forever War (1974). That novel and other works, including The Hemingway Hoax (1991) and Forever Peace (1997), have won science fiction awards, including the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. He was awarded the SFWA Grand Master for career achievements. In 2012 he was inducted as a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Many of Haldeman's works, including his debut novel War Year and his second novel The Forever War, were inspired by his experiences in the Vietnam War. Wounded in combat, he struggled to adjust to civilian life after returning home. From 1983–2014, he was a profes
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