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Practical Applications for Multiverse Theory
Carson High School seniors Scott and Davey don't have much common ground - that is, until all universes begin collapsing into their school. Soon the avowed loner and the mean-girl cheerleader realize that something is very wrong, and they're the only two who are aware of what's happening. Demon versions of their teachers roam the halls, a cowboy sloth appears sporadically, and some students randomly burst into flames while angry interdimensional counterparts of other students destroy everything in sight. Now it's up to two seniors from opposite sides of the social spectrum to defeat this scourge and save not only their high school but also the world. Armed with little more than school supplies and Scott's trusty copy of The NEW Multiverse Theory , can these unlikely heroes put their differences aside and stop the total chaos? If they can't, the end of the world may just be beginning.
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Published October 25, 2016
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May 30, 2017
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It has to be remembered that this book is targeted for a teenage audience. As such, don't look for highly subtle nuances of social relevance. This is a fine adventure story. Extremely unusual universes start collapsing in on one another with a high-school as a focal point. Very few students are even aware what is happening but the protagonists certainly are and they don't like it. Two students, Scott and Davey are the first to notice the unusual phenomena and both initially conclude that they are hallucinating. This pair, incidentally are polar opposites. Scott is highly introverted. His chief objective is to get through life unnoticed. If he had access to the invisibility cloak from the Harry Potter series he would put it on and never take it off. Davey, on the other hand is highly extroverted. She is head of the cheerleader squad. She is - or is trying to be - most popular girl. She is a type-A personality and ambitious to the point of being driven. Convinced that the title of Homecoming Queen would look good on a resume she is determined to allow nothing to get in her way. She regards Scott as the lowest of the low. Scott regards her as a pretentious ... unpleasant person.
Over time some students known to both Scott and Davey become aware of what is happening and they pool their resources and talents such as they are. A large portion of the book consists of running from one threat after another. Eventually they determine the person responsible for the chaos but even when they eliminate him the collapse continue. To stop this process they must find and eliminate the one thing that remains constant as the multiverse collapses. Not surprisingly they do and become friends - more or less - in the process or, if not exactly friends, they develop a certain level of respect for one another.
Fast paced, exciting, and with plenty of strange images, the authors carry the readers along on the adventure. I think most individuals can figure out the ending by possibly the two-thirds mark in the book but that doesn't detract from the story.
There was really only one thing I found jarring. In any fantasy story the reader has to be prepared to accept the unbelievable - flying saucers, elves, fairies, ghosts, what-have-you. But in those parts of the story that are mundane, regular rules apply. So near the beginning of the book, Scott sees a teacher transform into a hideous monster. Not surprisingly he reacts with terror - screams, tries to climb backward over a number of desks, loses control of his bowels and eventually passes out and winds up in the nurse's office. That part was fine. Then the nurse asks him about stress in his life that might account for his apparent hallucination. At no time does she, or anyone else, suggest that he might be taking drugs. Frankly I think that is the first thing that would be asked. However outside of that one thing I have no complaints.
If you like a good, fast-paced adventure with not too much beyond that then this is an excellent book to wile away some time.
It has to be remembered that this book is targeted for a teenage audience. As such, don't look for highly subtle nuances of social relevance. This is a fine adventure story. Extremely unusual universes start collapsing in on one another with a high-school as a focal point. Very few students are even aware what is happening but the protagonists certainly are and they don't like it. Two students, Scott and Davey are the first to notice the unusual phenomena and both initially conclude that they are hallucinating. This pair, incidentally are polar opposites. Scott is highly introverted. His chief objective is to get through life unnoticed. If he had access to the invisibility cloak from the Harry Potter series he would put it on and never take it off. Davey, on the other hand is highly extroverted. She is head of the cheerleader squad. She is - or is trying to be - most popular girl. She is a type-A personality and ambitious to the point of being driven. Convinced that the title of Homecoming Queen would look good on a resume she is determined to allow nothing to get in her way. She regards Scott as the lowest of the low. Scott regards her as a pretentious ... unpleasant person.
Over time some students known to both Scott and Davey become aware of what is happening and they pool their resources and talents such as they are. A large portion of the book consists of running from one threat after another. Eventually they determine the person responsible for the chaos but even when they eliminate him the collapse continue. To stop this process they must find and eliminate the one thing that remains constant as the multiverse collapses. Not surprisingly they do and become friends - more or less - in the process or, if not exactly friends, they develop a certain level of respect for one another.
Fast paced, exciting, and with plenty of strange images, the authors carry the readers along on the adventure. I think most individuals can figure out the ending by possibly the two-thirds mark in the book but that doesn't detract from the story.
There was really only one thing I found jarring. In any fantasy story the reader has to be prepared to accept the unbelievable - flying saucers, elves, fairies, ghosts, what-have-you. But in those parts of the story that are mundane, regular rules apply. So near the beginning of the book, Scott sees a teacher transform into a hideous monster. Not surprisingly he reacts with terror - screams, tries to climb backward over a number of desks, loses control of his bowels and eventually passes out and winds up in the nurse's office. That part was fine. Then the nurse asks him about stress in his life that might account for his apparent hallucination. At no time does she, or anyone else, suggest that he might be taking drugs. Frankly I think that is the first thing that would be asked. However outside of that one thing I have no complaints.
If you like a good, fast-paced adventure with not too much beyond that then this is an excellent book to wile away some time.
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