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Publisher
Tachyon Publications
ISBN-10
1892391325
ISBN-13
9781892391322
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46457158
Product Key Features
Book Title
Numbers Don't Lie
Number of Pages
163 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Fiction
Format
Perfect
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0.5 in
Item Weight
6.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
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Intended Audience
Trade
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2017-299494
Reviews
"This slim volume is essential reading for the author's fans and for fans of speculative fiction laced with considerable humor." -- Library Journal "A leisurely Golden Age tall tale enriched by the wonderful gibberish of mathematical physics. All fun and pure pleasure." --Rudy Rucker, author, Infinity and the Mind "Stanley G. Weinbaum's Prof. Haskel Van Manderpootz and J. U. Geisy's Dr. Xenophon Xerxes Zapt, add the name of Wilson Wu, the hero of Bisson's hilarious collection of three related stories filled with puns and inscrutable mathematical formulas. No piker, Wu manages to walk, in 'one long step for mankind,' from an auto repair garage in a nondescript part of Brooklyn directly to the moon in 'The Hole in the Hole.' He even brings back half of a dune buggy left behind by astronauts and casually explains the situation as 'a periodic incongruent neotopological metaeuclidean adjacency.' In the second tale, 'The Edge of the Universe,' Wu saves the expanding universe from shrinking. Finally, he patches 'a hole in the fabric of space-time' in 'Get Me to the Church on Time.' Fans of the late Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy will relish this irreverent but never smart-alecky spoof. Bisson has won Hugo, Nebula, and other major SF awards." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Resplendently outrageous! Transcendently silly! Immensely fun!" --Amy Thomson, "A leisurely Golden Age tall tale enriched by the wonderful gibberish of mathematical physics. All fun and pure pleasure." --Rudy Rucker, author, Infinity and the Mind, "A leisurely Golden Age tall tale enriched by the wonderful gibberish of mathematical physics. All fun and pure pleasure." —Rudy Rucker, author, Infinity and the Mind, This slim volume is essential reading for the author's fans and for fans of speculative fiction laced with considerable humor." — Library Journal "A leisurely Golden Age tall tale enriched by the wonderful gibberish of mathematical physics. All fun and pure pleasure." —Rudy Rucker, author, Infinity and the Mind Stanley G. Weinbaum's Prof. Haskel Van Manderpootz and J. U. Geisy's Dr. Xenophon Xerxes Zapt, add the name of Wilson Wu, the hero of Bisson's hilarious collection of three related stories filled with puns and inscrutable mathematical formulas. No piker, Wu manages to walk, in #145;one long step for mankind,' from an auto repair garage in a nondescript part of Brooklyn directly to the moon in #145;The Hole in the Hole.' He even brings back half of a dune buggy left behind by astronauts and casually explains the situation as #145;a periodic incongruent neotopological metaeuclidean adjacency.' In the second tale, #145;The Edge of the Universe,' Wu saves the expanding universe from shrinking. Finally, he patches #145;a hole in the fabric of space-time' in #145;Get Me to the Church on Time.' Fans of the late Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy will relish this irreverent but never smart-alecky spoof. Bisson has won Hugo, Nebula, and other major SF awards." — Publishers Weekly , starred review Resplendently outrageous! Transcendently silly! Immensely fun!" —Amy Thomson, "A leisurely Golden Age tall tale enriched by the wonderful gibberish of mathematical physics. All fun and pure pleasure." -Rudy Rucker, author, Infinity and the Mind, "A leisurely Golden Age tall tale enriched by the wonderful gibberish of mathematical physics. All fun and pure pleasure." -Rudy Rucker, author,Infinity and the Mind, This slim volume is essential reading for the author's fans and for fans of speculative fiction laced with considerable humor." — Library Journal "A leisurely Golden Age tall tale enriched by the wonderful gibberish of mathematical physics. All fun and pure pleasure." —Rudy Rucker, author, Infinity and the Mind Stanley G. Weinbaum's Prof. Haskel Van Manderpootz and J. U. Geisy's Dr. Xenophon Xerxes Zapt, add the name of Wilson Wu, the hero of Bisson's hilarious collection of three related stories filled with puns and inscrutable mathematical formulas. No piker, Wu manages to walk, in ‘one long step for mankind,' from an auto repair garage in a nondescript part of Brooklyn directly to the moon in ‘The Hole in the Hole.' He even brings back half of a dune buggy left behind by astronauts and casually explains the situation as ‘a periodic incongruent neotopological metaeuclidean adjacency.' In the second tale, ‘The Edge of the Universe,' Wu saves the expanding universe from shrinking. Finally, he patches ‘a hole in the fabric of space-time' in ‘Get Me to the Church on Time.' Fans of the late Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy will relish this irreverent but never smart-alecky spoof. Bisson has won Hugo, Nebula, and other major SF awards." — Publishers Weekly , starred review Resplendently outrageous! Transcendently silly! Immensely fun!" —Amy Thomson, ?This slim volume is essential reading for the author's fans and for fans of speculative fiction laced with considerable humor." ? Library Journal "A leisurely Golden Age tall tale enriched by the wonderful gibberish of mathematical physics. All fun and pure pleasure." ?Rudy Rucker, author, Infinity and the Mind ?Stanley G. Weinbaum's Prof. Haskel Van Manderpootz and J. U. Geisy's Dr. Xenophon Xerxes Zapt, add the name of Wilson Wu, the hero of Bisson's hilarious collection of three related stories filled with puns and inscrutable mathematical formulas. No piker, Wu manages to walk, in ?one long step for mankind,' from an auto repair garage in a nondescript part of Brooklyn directly to the moon in ?The Hole in the Hole.' He even brings back half of a dune buggy left behind by astronauts and casually explains the situation as ?a periodic incongruent neotopological metaeuclidean adjacency.' In the second tale, ?The Edge of the Universe,' Wu saves the expanding universe from shrinking. Finally, he patches ?a hole in the fabric of space-time' in ?Get Me to the Church on Time.' Fans of the late Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy will relish this irreverent but never smart-alecky spoof. Bisson has won Hugo, Nebula, and other major SF awards." ? Publishers Weekly , starred review ?Resplendently outrageous! Transcendently silly! Immensely fun!" ?Amy Thomson, "A leisurely Golden Age tall tale enriched by the wonderful gibberish of mathematical physics. All fun and pure pleasure." --Rudy Rucker, author, "Infinity and the Mind"
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
Everybody should have a friend like Wilson Wu. Rock musician, Volvo mechanic, trial lawyer, camel driver, aeronautics engineer, and entomological meteorologist, Wilson Wu is the man to call if you stumble on, say, a rift in the space-time continuum. He'll do the math. You handle the financial transactions, especially with the guy who runs the junkyard. Gently witty, seductive, and intoxicating as Kentucky whiskey in Park Slope, Numbers Don't Lie takes us from deepest Brooklyn to the Deep South and back again, on a journey of friendship, romance, and wacky physics that just might be true. Bisson's prose, compact as an iPod and smooth as an I-80 on-ramp, is, he explains, 'scrupulously illustrated with Wilson Wu's formulas, all of which have been reviewed for elegance by famed mathematician Rudy Rucker.' Can we trust Terry Bisson? Of course! Check out the math: Numbers Don't Lie. These inventive stories were originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction as 'The Hole in the Hole,' 'The Edge of the Universe,' and 'Get Me to the Church on Time.', Originally published in "Asimov's Science Fiction as the short stories "The Edge of the Universe," "Get Me to the Church on Time," and "The Hole in the Hole," this inventive and quirky novel combines the stories, featuring the inspired adventures of Wilson Wu, a jack-of-all-trades who uses his eclectic background to solve a variety of wacky futuristic dilemmas. An Ivy League graduate, Wu is a rock musician, a Volvo mechanic, a trial lawyer, a camel driver, an aeronautics engineer, an entomological meteorologist, and, most importantly, a math wizard with a formula for every occasion. A godsend for his friends and the universe, Wu uses his eclectic skill set to prevent the imminent collapse of the universe, guarantee good weather for an Alabama wedding, and tow an abandoned lunar rover from the surface of the moon to a junkyard in Brooklyn. Irreverent and inventive, these adventures exemplify Bisson's smart, hilarious, and satirical style that has earned him Hugo and Nebula awards and comparisons to Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegut., Everybody should have a friend like Wilson Wu. Rock musician, Volvo mechanic, trial lawyer, camel driver, aeronautics engineer, and entomological meteorologist, Wilson Wu is the man to call if you stumble on, say, a rift in the space-time continuum. He'll do the math. You handle the financial transactions, especially with the guy who runs the junkyard. Gently witty, seductive, and intoxicating as Kentucky whiskey in Park Slope, Numbers Don't Lie takes us from deepest Brooklyn to the Deep South and back again, on a journey of friendship, romance, and wacky physics that just might be true. Bisson's prose, compact as an iPod and smooth as an I-80 on-ramp, is, he explains, "scrupulously illustrated with Wilson Wu's formulas, all of which have been reviewed for elegance by famed mathematician Rudy Rucker." Can we trust Terry Bisson? Of course Check out the math: Numbers Don't Lie. These inventive stories were originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction as "The Hole in the Hole," "The Edge of the Universe," and "Get Me to the Church on Time.", Everybody should have a friend like Wilson Wu. Rock musician, Volvo mechanic, trial lawyer, camel driver, aeronautics engineer, and entomological meteorologist, Wilson Wu is the man to call if you stumble on, say, a rift in the space-time continuum. He'll do the math. You handle the financial transactions, especially with the guy who runs the junkyard. Gently witty, seductive, and intoxicating as Kentucky whiskey in Park Slope, Numbers Don't Lie takes us from deepest Brooklyn to the Deep South and back again, on a journey of friendship, romance, and wacky physics that just might be true. Bisson's prose, compact as an iPod and smooth as an I-80 on-ramp, is, he explains, "scrupulously illustrated with Wilson Wu's formulas, all of which have been reviewed for elegance by famed mathematician Rudy Rucker." Can we trust Terry Bisson? Of course! Check out the math: Numbers Don't Lie. These inventive stories were originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction as "The Hole in the Hole," "The Edge of the Universe," and "Get Me to the Church on Time."
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PS3552.I7736A6 2005
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