As She Climbed Across the Table
first publication date: 1997-02-17, 1997
genre: science fiction novel
original title: As She Climbed Across the Table
original language: English
narrative location: California
followed by: Girl in Landscape
As She Climbed Across the Table is a 1997 science fiction novel by the American writer Jonathan Lethem. It is a satirical story set on the fictional campus of Beauchamp University in Northern California. Particle physicist Alice Coombs rooms with narrator Philip Engstrand, an anthropologist researching conflicts between and within disciplines. Their relationship drives the romantic aspect of this story. The novel deals thematically with many of the philosophical issues pertaining to modern quantum physics, as well as human interaction with artificial intelligence. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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