As science fiction writers know, sometimes it’s easier to see ourselves clearly in the mirror of technology creep and the future. (.) These pyrotechnics balance the tender moments, creating a complex, brainy, genre-hopping joyride of a story, far more than the sum of its component parts, and smart and tragic enough to engage all regions of the brain and body. But it's far from a sterile exercise in closed-system aesthetics, thanks not only to Yu's sense of humor but also the patient tracking of the ghost in the (time) machine." - Ed Park, The Los Angeles Times (.) At times, How to Live Safely is like watching an animated version of that Escher print of hands drawing each other. "Yu has a crisp, intermittently lyrical prose style, one that's comfortable with both math and sadness, moving seamlessly from delirious metafiction (.) to the straight-faced prose of instruction-manual entries."Although there are poignant moments (.) for the most part this bewildering debut novel is rather too clever for its own good." - David Evans, Independent on Sunday."Though the title is badly chosen (unwitting booksellers will shelve it in popular science, or with those memoirs about growing up as an SF fan), Charles Yu's novel is pretty superb: involving, clever, perky, properly science fictional and above all funny." - Adam Roberts, The Guardian."Littered with pop culture references, complex physics and meta-fictional devices, Yu’s novel is SF - but not as we know it." - James Lovegrove, Financial Times.How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe - Indiaī+ : clever, often appealing, if ultimately too clean
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