{"product_id":"frames-paul-murphy-9798232327903","title":"Frames","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrames\u003c\/em\u003e is a simple sci-fi story with fictional physics, silly math, donnish puns, and characters who march along to their fates with the inevitability of a Bach fugue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrames\u003c\/em\u003e is not fantasy; it's not space opera; there's no magic, no superheros, no politics - just geeks who love their work, love each other, do what's next, and save the world - twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are some complications: a fully deterministic 4d+t universe with an allowable form of time travel; aliens who want all of us dead; two different FTL drives that turn out to be the same; and that most fictional of all things imaginable: competent Space Force commanders in the right place at the right time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrames\u003c\/em\u003e, in the words of a long dead 60s hippie, \"is messed up, man\", but if you know some math (and maybe some physics) it might make sense; if you've been in grad school, it might make sense; and if you've served? umm, well, umm: it's fiction, okay?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(About 65K words)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798232327903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d","brand":"Paul Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664511799551,"sku":"9798232327903","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/frames-paul-murphy-9798232327903","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}