Others might be reminded of the TV show Sliders, especially in the late second act. For Star Trek TNG fans, the most obvious comparison will be the Worf-centered episode “Parallels,” which shares most of its core concept, if not its execution. However, this isn’t a time travel novel, but one of parallel universes. He soon learns his wife is no longer married to him, they never had a son, and instead of being a college professor, he’s considered one of the most brilliant minds on the planet. Then he’s abducted, knocked out, and wakes up in a world that is not his own. Jason Dessen has a nice comfortable life as a physics teacher with a loving wife and teenage son.
However, less of a good thing is the fact that I’ve seen this plot before…several times in slight variations.
I simply mean that even though it is of one genre (SF) it reads more like another (Thriller). In that sense it kind of reminds me of the way Michael Crichton writes… though without the lengthy and accurate scientific explanations or bibliography at the end. I have a feeling that in an alternate universe I’ve already read this book.ĭark Matter by Blake Crouch is a perfectly serviceable science fiction novel that reads more like a contemporary thriller that just happens to have an SF theme to it.
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