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    <body><![CDATA[Paul Melko's second novel merges thriller and alternate-universe science fiction almost seamlessly in this fast-paced entry. There's nothing really ground-breaking here; anyone who's read Richard C. Meredith's <u>Timeliner</u> trilogy (<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3178138.At_the_Narrow_Passage" title="At the Narrow Passage by Richard C. Meredith">At the Narrow Passage</a>; <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3033957.No_Brother_No_Friend" title="No Brother, No Friend by Richard C. Meredith">No Brother, No Friend</a> and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3033958.Vestiges_of_Time_Timeliner_Trilogy_Bk_3_" title="Vestiges of Time (Timeliner Trilogy, Bk. 3) by Richard C. Meredith">Vestiges of Time</a>) or e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51903103">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really, really liked Paul Melko's &quot;The Walls of the Universe.&quot;  The problem is I wanted to love it.  <br/><br/>The first third of the novel unfolds at a breathless pace as we meet John Rayburn and his double from a parallel universe, John Prime.  Prime has come to John's universe with ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63203319">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty interesting. Having lately been involved in a debate on aliens and other lives and universes, etc, I was kind of excited to pick this book up. The premise is pretty simple, which I think is a good thing, because too often now, people want to write these epics with all this complexity and it j...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79544348">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Walls of the Universe reads like a golden-age sf adventure tale with a plucky young protagonist, though here there are two instances of him that star in the book, but it's also a thoroughly modern novel in outlook, sensibilities and tone.<br/><br/>Most of the action takes place on two similar univ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42395846">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a page-turning sci-fi thriller, with interweaving plots, sub-plots, and overarching conspiracies.<br/><br/>Seriously.  Remember <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/968.The_Da_Vinci_Code" title="The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown">The DaVinci Code</a>?  Yes, it was historically crap and had flat, unbelievable characters... but what carried that book was the fast-moving plot, unveiling mysteries...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50454844">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fast paced sci-fi novel involving the multi-universe travel theory; imagine meeting yourself and knowing that there are millions of you in alternate universes.  If you had a device that would allow you to travel through the universes would you? When John meets himself in the cornfield he i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53702756">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The premise is a compelling one. How would you survive if your doppelganger from a parallel universe tricked you into giving up your life for a supposed quick trip to another parallel universe...only it turns out the device that lets you travel forward to other universes is broken and won't take you...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50554914">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Books with adjectives like &quot;fast-paced adventure-filled thrill-ride&quot; are usually overhyped.  Usually.  In this case, <em>The Walls of the Universe</em> deserves such tags.  It <em>is</em> fast-paced, adventure-filled, and thrilling.  I finished it in a day--and it's a fair sized book--because I had trouble ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39917016">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[How can you not like a book with a line like, &quot;You...mulched him?&quot;  &quot;Walls of the Universe&quot; has a good time playing with the concept of alternate universe and evil twins.  None of the universes featured in the book appears to be our own, which just adds to the interest.  The auth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49180956">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sci-fi novel in which the possession of a universe-hopping device is apparently just a prelude to lots of boring emo white dude angst. Yawn. This book was published <em>this year</em>, yet it feels like it’s stuck back in the 1960s or something. The two major “technological advances” that are most heav...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52864962">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh, whatever happened to the times I could actually finish my books?<br/><br/>This wasn't bad; there seemed to be a bit of a YA feel to it (young protagonist, sentence structure), which is generally fine and good, and the beginning premise was interesting. But somewhere past the middle point, I so...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58272720">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very slow to start - not paced well enough for a plot-driven book, not developed enough for a character-driven book.  Great cover design and nice idea (if not quite original) kept it on my to-read stack for a long time.  So then once I picked it up, I felt like I should finish it.  The second half w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47705823">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not one of the great novels of our time, but a lot of fun.  It reminded me of &quot;Jumper&quot; - young man wrestles with mysterious abilities/technology.  In this case, two young men, who are sort of the same man, who make different decisions.  Oh, also reminded me of the TV show &quot;Sliders&quot;...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Cool concept of travel between universes.  Ends with the feeling that there will be more on the way.  I wish that authors didn't feel a need to add gratuitous profanity and mild sex scenes into their books.  Otherwise I would have given it five stars.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book definitely falls into the entertaining but fluffy category (think Da Vinchi code readability but with much better characterization).  Won't stick in my mind for days like a really great Sci-Fi novel ought, but definitely good fun.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting concept, and relatively good book, but the writing doesn't flow as smoothly. Plus, you really don't root for the main character all that well]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[recommended by author on Big Idea Scalzi blog:<br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/02/25/the-big-idea-paul-melko-2/" title="http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/02/25/the-big-idea-paul-melko-2/">http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/02/25/th...</a>]]></body>
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