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    <body><![CDATA[A scientist enters an alternate dimension, very like Earth except that objects can be made better by practice.  (Is that a spoiler?  But it's the title of the book, how could it be a spoiler?)  Consequently people never improved at making things, because they can improve things by using them.  The h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14847834">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, this is one of the most ridiculous premises I've ever seen for a science fiction book.  If it were a fantasy book, Brin could explain all this in some mystical way and get away with it.<br/><br/>If this was the first book I'd read by Brin, I'd have given up without finishing it.  Instead I'm...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48075039">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun sci-fi.  Made more fun when I found out my dad went to college with the author.  The guy ends up in another world where people are people, but something is different.  He faces challenges for his own survival and for the people he meets there.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[11 years later, I still have extremely fond, vivid memories of reading this book.  Brin has a truly novel idea which he carries to a great conclusion.  That's why I like Brin.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.davidbrin.com/practiceeffectsample1.html[return]David" title="http://www.davidbrin.com/practiceeffectsample1.html[return]David">http://www.davidbrin.com/practiceeffects...</a> Brin's Official Web Site: The Practice Effect (sample chapters)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Brin gives us an adventure story in a Burroughs vein. An intriguing premise that doesn't get quite the execution you'd hope for]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not Brin's best work, but an enjoyable mix of scifi and fantasy. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty good but definitely not my favorite book of Brin's.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite alternate world books.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun read - not heavy on the tech-talk.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is stupid]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Heh, this book was pleasantly ridiculous.  It had such a weird premise that everything that happened was almost a surprise.  And I just had to laugh every time they go into a trance and practice up some primitive thing into something crazy, like an airplane.  Yes, the plot and characters were so pre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20921898">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my definition of hard SF. Pick one scientific &quot;what if&quot;, and explore what would happen given that situation.<br/><br/>What if the second law of thermodynamics was reversed. The practice effect is &quot;The more you use something, the better it gets at being used that way.&quot; (...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31914821">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was another interesting and imaginative book by Brin.  It wasn't my favorite of his, but still delivered an amusing story.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this. A crazy premise, with interesting results. Good sci-fi!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A whimsical look at what might happen if physics was turned on its head.]]></body>
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