NEW SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY REVIEWS
Reviews Of Recently Published Science Fiction And Fantasy Books
Reviewer: Forrest Schultz schultz_forrest@yahoo.com 770-583-3258
Blog Address: http://newsciencefictionandfantasyreviews.blogspot.com/
September 28, 2016
A Very Strange Alternate Time Line Tale
A Review of
Blake Crouch Dark Matter (Crown, 2016)
$26.90 342pp ISBN: 978-1-101-90422-0
Reviewer: Forrest W. Schultz
Among my favorite kinds of stories, both to read and to write, are those involving identical twins and those involving alternate time lines. Blake Crouch's newly published tale is among the best of these: the only one I can think of that can equal it is Keith Laumer's Imperium. Comparing them would be a good topic for an essay!
Crouch's story is not only an exciting read, but it also shows how alternate time line travel can be used for nefarious purposes. In this case, a man tries to steal the wife of his alternate self!! This generates one of the most exciting and interesting stories I have ever come across.
I would like to thank someone from Lost Genre Guild (I forget now who it was) who via Goodreads recommended this book.
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