false 2512899 2 Paul Levinson's second novel, <I>Borrowed Tides</I>, is an enjoyable read. It has all of the qualities that a good one-chapter-a-night-before-bed novel should have: it's engrossing, educational, and thought provoking without being too heavy. The characters, who are traveling from Mars to Alpha Centauri on humankind's first interstellar voyage with only enough fuel for a one-way trip, are both believable and likeable. And although many of the ideas Levinson deals with--the paradoxes inherent in time travel, the group dynamics of a small crew isolated for a long period of time on a space ship, the applicability of quantum mechanical principles to macroscopic objects, children with special powers--are not new, and could even be considered trite, his handling of them is interesting enough to make revisiting them worthwhile. Levinson's erudition is apparent throughout the novel, and his allusions to Native American legend, the Bible, computer science, political theory, and Western physics and philosophy suggest that he is well versed in each of these disparate fields. Thus, like his first, this novel will be appreciated by hard-core technophiles and more well-rounded science fiction lovers as well. <I>--Diana Gitig</I> 2338671 1 3 2001 Borrowed Tides total:6|5:2|4:1|3:1|2:1|1:1| 6 20 15 0 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 11:20:03 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 12:32:42 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Mar 30 18:38:03 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 18:38:03 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Sun Dec 28 13:31:24 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 13:31:24 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Oct 27 22:10:24 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 22:10:24 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Sep 11 16:25:05 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 16:25:05 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Aug 06 19:33:05 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 19:33:05 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jul 21 17:31:59 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 17:31:59 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 06:02:15 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 12:09:18 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Jul 06 21:57:19 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 21:57:19 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon May 26 08:09:18 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 08:09:18 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Feb 04 00:15:28 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 00:15:28 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Feb 04 00:13:35 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 00:13:35 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jan 23 15:33:58 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 15:34:03 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Jan 19 20:53:06 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 20:53:06 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Jan 05 19:48:10 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 19:48:21 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2512899