Paths to Otherwhere

Hogan, James P.

ISBN 10: 0671877100 / ISBN 13: 9780671877101

Published by Baen, 1996

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Synopsis:

In the face of planet-wide economic disaster, two totalitarian empires rise in China and Japan, threatening the world with a devastating war, and the police states of the U.S. and Europe place their hopes in a team of DNA scientists.

Reviews: The possibility of moving a person's consciousness between our world and others comes alive as Hogan (The Immortality Option), a dean of hard SF, parlays a standard SF gambit into an entertaining, imaginative yarn. The near-future Earth envisioned here is both familiar and dystopian. Current problems have festered until resources are scarce, scientific discoveries are governmentally controlled, Western culture is globally despised and the Earth teeters on the brink of violent disaster. The plot focuses on a group of scientists working at a secret laboratory in Los Alamos. There, they are experimenting with QUADAR, a machine that "enhances" mental faculties, allowing for a heightened sense of truth and a knowledge of the possible paths the future may take; these revelations in turn lead the scientist to a method for scientifically exploring alternative worlds. While the plot starts off dryly, emphasizing the possibilities that QUADAR creates, the pace quickens when the protagonists discover an otherworld intellectual utopia, and as they fight to keep that paradise free from violent takeover by evil politicians. Readers awed by explorations of either inner or outer space will want to sign up for this ride.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

The well-worn sf notion of parallel universes receives a computer-driven update in Hogan's latest novel. Berkeley research scientists Hugh Brenner and Theo Jantowitz are just beginning to make startling progress in siphoning information from other universes by means of sophisticated computer technology when their funding disappears. Fortunately but not fortuitously, they are recruited by a secret Defense Department research arm to continue their work under the umbrella of Project Octagon. Joined by a motley team of brilliant minds, including a Buddhist philosopher, the two quickly develop the means to shift their awarenesses to other versions of themselves in the "multiverse" and to preview thereby future outcomes for their home universe. Armed with such knowledge, their team hopes to finally reverse the deterioration of modern civilization. Their military hosts have other ideas, however, which include turning Project Octagon into an immensely powerful surveillance weapon. Hogan's penchant for exploring the implications of his premises to their limits redeems his often textbook-dry prose, making this another winner for him and his readers. Carl Hays

As the nations of Earth begin a downward spiral toward global warfare, a group of government-supervised scientists attempts to predict the future by exploring parallel universes. In the tradition of classic sf, the author of Realtime Interrupt (LJ 2/15/95) blends scientific speculation and taut suspense to create a near-future technothriller. Although character development takes a back seat to ideas, Hogan's imaginative vision of the multiverse exerts its own strange attraction. For large sf collections.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Paths to Otherwhere
Publisher: Baen
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: HARDCOVER
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed
Edition: First Edition.