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>From: chris@kbsw1 (Chris Kostanick 806 1044)
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Subject: Re: Putting the pratice effect to work
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Date: 2 Jul 92 15:23:45 GMT
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The Practice Effect was Brin's first novel, which wasn't published
until after Sundiver was published. Supposedly the practice effect
comes from a local reversal of one of the three laws of thermo. The
book has a lot of Caltech in-jokes in it. (One Lord is Feif-Dei, which
is funny if you know that DEI stands for Dabney Eats It and FEIF stands
for Fleming Eats It Faster. Dabney and Fleming are undergraduate living
houses at Caltech.) Not a great book, but worth the reading.

Chris Kostanick
"Drop ten and shoot for effect"


