Quad World

By Robert A. Metzger

John Smith began that morning a perfectly health man, but before he knows it time freezes during his morning staff meeting and he thinks he's dying.Has his body stopped or has everything around him? When the clock begins to click again, he is trapped in a parallel universe, where he is "greeted" by Joan of Arc and Robin Hood. Trapped in a world inhabited by only Quads and survivors of biological warfare, John becomes entangled in a battle between God or the Devil, Elvis and Napoleon. The fate of the world resides on John putting together the pieces of a cosmic puzzle before everyone in Quad world is forever confined to Hell. Can he discover the secrets of Quad in time?

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451450574
• ISBN13: 9780451450579
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Ace
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Fun romp

I was lucky enough to read Bob Metger's first novel, Quad World, in manuscript form -- and I can tell you you're really in for a treat if you only know him from his short work! He really lets his imagination go here, creating a world where anything and anyone can appear. Telling too much will ruin the surprises. But rest assured, if you like humorous "gonzo" science fiction, this book will be right up your alley.

Gripping! Excellent!

This book is a wonderful mix of suspense, humor, and action. I can not put it down!

Weird and Twisted

If you want an easy read, where you can figure out the ending after reading just the first few pages, then don't get this book. But if you like something complicated, then buy it. I can not think of any other hard-sf novel where you could find Elvis rubbing elbows with Napoleon and Satan. Metzger is one weird and twisted writer.

My Brain Hurts

Like peeling layer after layer away from some globe-sized onion, the mystery of who/what John Smith is, and how he finds himself in Quad World, and just what it is he must do there, is utterly fascinating. Nothing is as it seems, and when you think you've got if figured out, the entire world gets turned on its head. A turbo-speed puzzle that will require you to keep all your neurons engaged.