Review: This book is the most original I have ever come ...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2014
This book is the most original I have ever come across, and herein lies a problem: for me it was too original. First, the plot, as I understand it. There is a complementary physics associated with our Universe that people cannot see, but new life forms emerge in space from these further laws. These are somewhat nebulous, and have to live in harmony (which may mean their construction is based on harmonics). Two problems emerge from a three-star stellar system at 12 light years: an Eridani ResCalc and Epsilon EMatter. My initial thoughts were, ha, Epsilon Eridani (actually 10.5 light years away) but that is a single star of mass 80 - 90% of about the sun. (The uncertainty is from different lists.) The problem arises from a massive ejection of entropy, which threatens to remove harmony from HumEMs. What we have is the invention of a new life form, a new physics, but then added to that, a new grammar, and it is here that I have problems. I do not know what much of it means for sure, not helped by some accidental typos e.g. the "their/there" type. These life forms mainly seem to trance to seek harmony. One objective they had at one time was to assEMble gold! Their solution to this problem they face is to repeat ResCalcs to seek harmony, which they do by changing the value of the inputs to their equations. If this were a satire on modern physics, and done properly, I would give it five stars, but I am not convinced it is. I shall quote two sentences from the mid-part of the book and one from near the end to illustrate my problems.1. So xhe failed Trance with yhe actually bought Eridani more EMTime. This would make a lot more sense if a "when" was introduced (assuming I interpret it properly). Now I know writing classes declare war on adverbs and require their deletion, but this is taking that war to a ridiculous level.2.  Harnessing real EMergy CausEMity between EMergy forms with a certainty necessary to enact justice. My problem here is I cannot find a verb. What does this sentence mean?3. Where they used to allocate ROI based on empirical proof of the logical hypothesis becomes the FusEM and R of Trance based on the RP of harmony in the ResCalc. Notice again something missing? Also, there is a bewildering array of new words that I really never came to grips with.In short, my problem with this book was I seldom knew with any conviction what any of the sentences actually mean. I could guess, and part of me thinks there could be something really profound here, but I am unsure. My guess is, if it were so, the author should revise the text to make it more comprehensible to readers who are unfamiliar with the author's vision.