Science Fiction · ThoughtfulAn energy device called the Pump exchanges matter between our universe and a parallel one
The Gods Themselves
by Isaac Asimov
Three parts, two universes and a Pump that trades matter between them
Doubleday published the novel in May 1972, and its three parts had first appeared as consecutive stories in Galaxy and Worlds of If. They are set on Earth around 2093, on a planet in a parallel universe with different physical laws, and in a lunar colony. The plot centers on an energy device called the Pump, which exchanges matter between universes. The first edition has 288 pages.
More about this book
Who
Frederick Hallam, Peter Lamont, Denison, Selene Lindstrom, and the aliens Odeen, Dua and Tritt.
World
Earth around 2093, a parallel universe and the Moon.
What makes it different
Asimov took the title and the three-part structure from Friedrich Schiller's The Maid of Orleans. Odeen, Dua and Tritt are named from the Russian words for one, two and three. It was his first original science fiction novel in fifteen years.
Feel
Cerebral and inventive.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- The Gods ThemselvesWikipedia