Reviews
"Dazzling. . .wrenching. . .a mind bender."-- Time "Brain-boggling."-- Life "Full of poetry, scientific imagination, and typical wry Clarke wit. By standing the universe on its head, he makes us see the ordinary universe in a different light. . .[This novel becomes] a complex allegory about the history of the world."-- The New Yorker "Clarke has constructed an effective work of fiction. . .with the meticulous creation of an extraterrestrial environment, the sort of extrapolation of which Mr. Clarke is a master."-- Library Journal "Breathtaking." -- Saturday Review, "Dazzling...wrenching...a mind bender."-- Time "Brain-boggling."-- Life "Full of poetry, scientific imagination, and typical wry Clarke wit. By standing the universe on its head, he makes us see the ordinary universe in a different light...[This novel becomes] a complex allegory about the history of the world."-- The New Yorker "Clarke has constructed an effective work of fiction...with the meticulous creation of an extraterrestrial environment, the sort of extrapolation of which Mr. Clarke is a master."-- Library Journal "Breathtaking." -- Saturday Review
