The Coming of the Quantum Cats: A Novel of Alternate Universes - Softcover

Pohl, Frederik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553763393 ISBN 13: 9780553763393

Publisher: Random House Worlds, 1995

Synopsis

A brilliant novel of alternate universes by an award-winning science fiction master
 
A breakthrough in quantum physics has shattered the boundaries between alternate worlds. History is in chaos as billions of possible futures collide. As a conquering army mounts an invasion of neighboring realities, a handful of men and women from a dozen different timelines risk their lives to safeguard an infinity of worlds.

Blending thrilling suspense with brilliant scientific speculation, Frederik Pohl’s The Coming of the Quantum Cats is a triumph of the imagination by a Hugo and Nebula–winning master of science fiction.
 
“A powerful novel of parallel worlds and might-have-beens, with an eerie, amazing finish!”—David Brin

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Beginning with his classic novels of the '50s (The Space Merchants, Search the Sky, Pohl has shown a talent for constructing different scenarios and rushing his heroes through their mazes, which he repeats in this novel, an alternate-worlds adventure. The central action is an invasion of one Americawhere Nancy Reagan presidesby anotherwhere Jerry Brown is president. Throughout the work Pohl toys with an infinity of such warped mirror images of our own world. If the protagonists remain sketchy, short story characters, their proliferating number and rapid shuffling make such brevity acceptable. Particularly satisfying isfor Pohlthe unusually somber and challenging ending. At once zany and thought-provoking, this is one of Pohl's best in recent years.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Worlds
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0553763393
• ISBN 13: 9780553763393
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304