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"Bursts forth like a new universe exploding into being…" says Robert J. Sawyer of Singularity’s Ring. And if the buzz around that debut novel is any indication, Paul Melko is riding a skyhook to stardom. If I were you, I’d jump on at the second floor by picking up Melko’s fun new universe-jumping adventure, The Walls of the Universe, based on the Hugo- and Nebula-nominated story of the same name. Ohio farm boy John Rayburn is in trouble after beating up the high-school bully. But his petty problems fade when his doppelgänger, Prime, appears with a device that lets him travel across worlds. For John, the lure of seeing another universe is too strong: he tries it out, and learns to his horror that the device only works one way forward and that Prime stole his life from him! Unable to return home, he settles in a new universe to try and fix the device. As Prime sets out to cash in on inventions he’s stolen from other Earths including the Rubik’s Cube John’s attempts to lie low backfire spectacularly when he inadvertently introduces pinball to his new universe. Unfortunately, both actions draw the notice of other travelers, dangerous people who are exploiting worlds for their own nefarious purposes.