"The Room" by Ray Melnik has a simple title and the storyline itself is relatively simple, but the treatment of its underlying scientific and philosophical ideas are tremendously original; their effortless placement within an otherwise ordinary story reflects the natural magnificence of the book that Melnik, in the introduction, refuses to refer to as science fiction because "science is not fiction. It is a reality of the most all-encompassing kind." - Tyler R. Tichelaar - author of "The Marquette Trilogy"