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The science-fiction comedy thriller examines the idea of the multiverse via three almost identical couples. Two of the couples have slipped through the cracks from other universes and find themselves trapped in a world, which is almost \u2013 but not quite \u2013 like their own. Through the concept of the multiverse, the book explores the eternal question of how well do we know the ones we love.<\/p>\n
In their ever so slightly alien world, relationships between the characters become strained and new attachments are formed. The many facets of what makes humans exceptional are put under the microscope and Vitali seamlessly weaves serious topics and undertones with comedic episodes throughout the book.<\/p>\n
The thriller\u2019s publication is very timely, occurring the day before Hawking\u2019s final research paper relating to the multiverse was published in the Journal of High Energy Physics. The Hartle-Hawking theory examines the existence of multiple universes, proposing that instead of being radically different, they could in fact be quite similar to one another \u2013 the exact idea mirrored in Out of the Blu.<\/p>\n
\u201cAgainst the backdrop of the multiverse, Out of the Blu scrutinises what makes us attractive, what makes us disgusting; the beautiful little differences that create our uniqueness,\u201d said Vitali Vitaliev. \u201cI am very proud of the ending, which I obviously won\u2019t reveal\u2026 you will have to find out for yourselves whether the characters get back to their respective universes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Notes to editors<\/p>\n
Kindle Edition:<\/p>\n
* Price: \u00a39.99<\/p>\n
* Publisher: Thrust Books<\/p>\n
* Sold by: Amazon Kindle Store<\/p>\n
* Language: English<\/p>\n
* ISBN: 978-1-908756-98-5<\/p>\n
Paperback Edition:<\/p>\n
* Price: \u00a36.99<\/p>\n
* Publisher: Thrust Books<\/p>\n
* Sold by: Amazon Store<\/p>\n
* Language: English<\/p>\n
* Pages: 198<\/p>\n
* ISBN: 978-1-908756-99-2<\/p>\n
Praise for Out of the Blu<\/p>\n
“This clever and engaging tale of overlapping quantum worlds explores the strangest \u2018multiverse\u2019 of all – the many selves that make up a person”<\/p>\n
Piers Bizony (author of Atom), science writer, filmmaker<\/p>\n
“In Vitaliev\u2019s expert hands, science fiction is neither science nor exactly fiction \u2013 and comedy isn\u2019t always comic. For, using the multi-universe hypothesis borrowed from quantum mechanics as his backdrop, he shows human relationships in their palpable reality moulded out of flesh and blood, and animated by the heart. The reader may sometimes laugh, sometimes cry \u2013 while always admiring the work of a true master.”<\/p>\n
A. Boot, columnist, blogger, author of “How the Future Worked”<\/p>\n
Author information<\/strong><\/p>\n Vitali has recently won the Gold TABBIE Award for the Best Regular Column.<\/p>\n Praise for Vitali Vitaliev: About Thrust Books<\/p>\n Thrust Books is an independent publisher specialising in digital books \u2013 both ebooks and print-on-demand paperbacks. We sell our titles through online stores (Amazon, Apple and Kobo).<\/p>\n We publish new work and republish classics that have gone out of print. Our goal is to push the envelope with creativity, imagination, quirkiness and excellence.<\/p>\n Our star author is journalist and writer Vitali Vitaliev. Thrust Books has republished many of his titles, including Passport to Enclavia, Borders Up! and Little is the Light.<\/p>\n We also publish Vitali\u2019s fiction: fantasy novel Granny Yaga and science fiction comedy thriller Out of the Blu.<\/p>\n Thrust Books was founded in 2012 as an imprint of ADVFN Books<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2018Multiverse\u2019 thriller foretells Professor Stephen Hawking’s final paper – relationships, co-existence and introspection underlie Vitaliev\u2019s latest book – Out of the Blu by acclaimed author Vitali Vitaliev is out now. Out of the Blu is available now in paperback and for the Kindle. Buy Out of the Blu from Amazon UK. Buy now at :- […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":467104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-467101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clubs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467101"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":467241,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467101\/revisions\/467241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Vitali-high-res-image.jpg\")
\nVitali Vitaliev was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. He first made a name for himself in the then Soviet Union, writing satirical journalism in Krokodil and other publications, exposing the activities of organised crime and the all-permeating corruption in the collapsing country. His fearless stance ultimately led to his defection in 1990. He has appeared regularly on TV and radio in the UK (Have I Got News For You, Saturday Night Clive, After Dark, Start the Week), was a writer\/researcher for QI and has contributed to newspapers and magazines all over the world. He is the author of thirteen books, written in English and translated into a number of foreign languages, including German, Japanese, Russian, Finnish and Italian.<\/p>\n
\n* Vitali Vitaliev is a star – Time Magazine
\n* The charm of Michael Palin and the wit of Clive Anderson – Time Out
\n* Vitaliev has an irrepressible sense of humour – The Guardian
\n* An ironic and witty commentator on life – The Spectator
\n* Vitaliev transcends his genre, producing a literary journey with lessons about what really matters – Literary Review
\n* A genial companion. He relishes his successes without arrogance and suffers disappointment without self-pity – The Independent<\/p>\n