Broken Symmetries Explained

Broken Symmetries is a novel by Paul Preuss published in 1983.

Plot summary

Broken Symmetries is a novel in which the power generated by the US/Japanese TERAC accelerator in Hawaii is the subject of both scientific and political conflict.

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed Broken Symmetries for White Dwarf #62, and stated that "Broken Symmetries has its flaws – like a spy-novel cliché or two – but it's an impressive and unnerving performance. In the tradition of Greg Benford's Timescape."^[1]

Reviews

• Review by Debbie Notkin (1983) in Locus, #273 October 1983
• Review by Tom Easton (1984) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 1984
• Review by Norman Spinrad (1984) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1984

Notes and References

1. Langford . Dave . David Langford . Critical Mass . . 62 . 9 . . February 1985 .