Rating: 2, Not recommended
Intergalactic policeman enforces Einstein's speed limit, but suffers the side effects of violating it himself.
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It's a very elaborate concept, and the search for Phlogiston (the imaginary substance alchemists believed was released when a body burned) adds some interest, as does the realization that Phlogiston has found a way out of the relativity debt problem.
Sadly, the whole concept is ridiculous. The author clearly has no understanding of relativity at all. For example, he says a 10 minute journey at 0.9999917c would take 2.7 million years of time in the rest frame. The real number is closer to 40 hours. He also seems a bit confused about the scale of the universe. He has people travelling between galaxies as casually as between stars. Finally, he mixes in a lot of fantasy science talk, e.g. "spin foam," that makes it impossible to suspend disbelief.
Sadly, the whole concept is ridiculous. The author clearly has no understanding of relativity at all. For example, he says a 10 minute journey at 0.9999917c would take 2.7 million years of time in the rest frame. The real number is closer to 40 hours. He also seems a bit confused about the scale of the universe. He has people travelling between galaxies as casually as between stars. Finally, he mixes in a lot of fantasy science talk, e.g. "spin foam," that makes it impossible to suspend disbelief.
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