- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Lighthouse Press (September 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0971482780
- ISBN-13: 978-0971482784
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 336 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,014,065 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
This groundbreaking science-fiction collection explores worlds separated from our own by imperceptible veils. In Liquid Earth, reality melts along a rustic Main Street in Shrub Oak, New York. The Lobotomy Club begins in a New Orleans bar, and Sushi Never Sleeps in a New York electronics store. Egg Drop Soup starts with a walk along the tranquil Chesapeake River. All familiar settings at first glance, but a new reality awaits...
You'll visit worlds replete with beautiful women and their surgically altered brains, fractal sex, Noah's Ark, hyperspace physics, hallucinating androids, prophetic ants, exotic sushi, satanic aliens, vitamin B-12, novel plastics, cosmic wormholes, and quests for God and the structure of ultimate reality.
From the Publisher
The books in the Neoreality series may be read in any order. The books are on similar themes but are separate and distinct.
Rumi, the 13th-century Sufi poet and mystic, once wrote: "The nature of reality is this: It is hidden, and it is hidden, and it is hidden." But what is reality? What is transcendence? How can we open our minds so that we can reason beyond the limits of our intuition? When Albert Einstein was asked about reality, he replied, "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." In an effort to stretch reader's minds, Pickover has considered both Einstein and Rumi while publishing thirty books on topics on the borderlands of science and religion. Most recently, and perhaps most importantly, he published four science-fiction novels in a "Neoreality" series in which both the reader and protagonists cope with parallel realities.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
An unusual story with many original ideas,
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This review is from: Sushi Never Sleeps (Paperback)
The book starts with a guy most would consider a geek, in a shop, either renting or buying a custom girlfriend. She can come fully equipped with all the latest options, including complete knowledge of Shakespeare, cosmology, the old and new testaments and extra orifices. At extra expense of course. His name is Garth and it is obvious that his love life leaves a lot to be desired. The girlfriend, Neuron, arrives at his residence and she is beautiful, intelligent and they begin getting to know each other.Garth's specialty is biology, and he is an expert in spiders. This is advantageous, as they are suddenly transported to an alternate Earth where the inhabitants are in a vicious war with sentient spiders (Mygalomorphs). The alternate Earth is called Fractalia, as the inhabitants are duplicated in many sizes, from the normal down to the microscopic. The queen of Fractalia is Azalandra, who is naked with rainbow colored pubic hair, a trait quickly noticed by Garth. She turns out to be very talented, as her breasts are photosynthetic and produce a very nutritious fluid, consumed by both Garth and Neuron. They travel with Azalandra across Fractalia by train, occasionally fighting the spiders, but mostly interacting and learning more about Fractalia and how it has been devastated in the unequal war. There is a climactic battle where the Fractalians and Mygalomorphs fly on aerial stingrays, where the Fractalians emerge victorious with Garth and Neuron returning to their version of Earth. The story moves along fairly quickly, it is well written and has many original elements. Pickover proves once again that his mind is a storehouse of new ideas. Mathematics makes an occasional appearance, Fractalia is of course based on fractal objects and Garth recites the factorial of twenty whenever he wants to prove to himself that he is not dreaming. Throwing weapons in the form of Koch curves are one of the most effective weapons used against the spiders and a large river in Fractalia is called the Mandelbrot river. An unusual story, I found it fun to read and completed it in two sittings. Published in the recreational mathematics e-mail newsletter, reprinted with permission.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb,
By Jane Brisson (Toms River, NJ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sushi Never Sleeps (Paperback)
This book is very broad in its concepts and imagery, covering such delights as: androids, flying stingrays, human sexuality, spider beings, fractal trains, and more. I found that once I started the book, I could not put it down. Excellent pace. Deep thoughts. Absurd and unusual mind benders. I'd call it "Alice in Wonderland meets a mathematical LSD trip." Hop on board the Fractal Express for the mind-bending ride of your life!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining,
By Lexx (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sushi Never Sleeps (Paperback)
Pickfords style is a little disjointed at times and stops the book from flowing. My other gripe is the book is full of typos, letters missing or sometimes whole words.The story is entertaining, but I feel it would be an average read if it was set in the real world and did not include fantastic creatures. I loved the concept of the Fractal Express which is a main feature of the book.
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