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Universe of Two

Stephen P. Kiernan

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May 03, 2020 Linda rated it it was amazing

Shelves: booktopia, arc, e-book, 2020, vt-2020-author

There is so much in this gem, history, romance, philosophy, music, music, music. The music almost seemed a character. Not always an easy book to read.
There had to be an unbelievable amount of research to get this book to publication (again, the history, bomb building, the music).
As a former church organist, I understood the organ sections, especially the Bach Tocata and Fugue and playing "sick" instrument.
I kept waiting for the "other shoe to drop" since the story is told partially through the v ...more

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May 22, 2023 Kate rated it really liked it

Shelves: tbr-pile, 2023-tbr

Picked this up after the latest Booktopia weekend in Vermont as Stephen P Kiernan has a new book coming out and I had never read this one. Charlie Fish is in Chicago doing math for the Army, figuring out arcs and solving all kinds of complex problems. But not fast enough. It is the winter of 1943-44 and he meets Brenda, working in her father's instrument shop while he is away in the Army. Their friendship turns into romance while Charlie goes from math to welding, connecting switches. He is tran ...more

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Aug 11, 2020 Victoria rated it really liked it

Shelves: edelweiss, booktopia-2020, 2020-summer-big-book

Thanks to William Morrow and Edelweiss for allowing me to read Stephen Kiernan’s recently published novel. What a great historical fiction book. The storyline was unique, dealing with the development of the atomic bomb, so not your typical WWII solider story. The characters were well developed and made choices appropriate to their personalities and situations at the time. I really enjoyed this and recommend it.

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