How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

December 9th, 2013
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Read: November 28, 2013

Summary: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe is an entertaining and smart story of a time travel mechanic, Charles Yu, who is searching for his father .  Charles Yu lives in Minor Universe 31, a conglomerate of  several cities that have merged together. Habitants of this universe use time machines to try to change the past which is where Charles Yu steps in. He tries to save people from themselves. Over the course of his life story, Yu searches for his father, who invented time travel and vanished. The secret to locating his father may be found in How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe.  Somewhere within the pages of this book is information that will help Charles and save his life.

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How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel (Vintage)

My Thoughts: I thought this book was entertaining and funny.  It was so easy to read through and loved the format of the book as it was like reading a manual filled with personal anecdotes. For a genre I don’t normally read, this book was a surprise.

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