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Is the book’s take on the multiverse just a device, or does it say something true?

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Marcus Lee

The many-worlds idea gets a nod, but it’s clearly more of a metaphor. Does that weaken the book for you, or strengthen it?

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  1. Noah Fischer

    Strengthens it. It’s a fable, not hard sci-fi, and it never pretends otherwise.

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