IF PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: The Practice Effect Transport however isn’t that fast though. For instance no wheels but carts run on rails that are lubricated by the best oil the professor has ever seen. So much is primitive but some things would go down exceptionally well back on earth. But do read on as the humour is very much still there.Ĭonfusion starts rearing its ugly head as contradictions appear. Be prepared to feel it is a bit dated by speech and actions. Now the one thing you notice when you read this tale is the age of the story and therefore the nuances of the time. Civilisation slowly comes into view as the days pass and the professor acclimatises. Travelling from the zievatron and through the country the world is definitely a rural most likely primitive one.

What happened? Well the professor set off to find out. Several service robots were sent through the zievatron prior to this. And of course the problem is at the exit end and the mess is extreme and not fixable with the tools he has.

But when things go wrong guess who gets assigned to fix them.īeing and adventuresome, if tunnel visioned young man off he sets through the zievatron. He was sidelined by an ambitious competitor. The investigation commences without the science professor who worked on the initiation of the time and space machine. Who needs reality when you are having fun! This machine has been developed to circumnavigate the need to travel through space in ships and to allow stepping across spacial boundaries. Instead of the TARDIS “Time and Relative Dimension in Space” we have a Zievatron. No it is not a Doctor Who tale but the premise is similar. Read on to get a tantalising snapshot and then get the book to see if this happens.

Then I found a book on the list that had caused me to laugh outrageously out-loudly on its first read through. I wanted to see what else they had written. I pulled out my book list, and wow is it long, and started looking for authors that have written some great, humorous tales. And I will not list them so no one is offended. Now this is unusual because I can find humour in most aspects of life. I was feeling a bit starved for humour the other day. The Practice Effect was my first David Brin book.

The practice effect by david brin