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Summary: Run, don't walk....
Review: ...from this car-wreck of a sci-fi novel.- Disorganized plot (if there is one).
- Uninteresting characters.
- Meaningless side stories which add nothing to the main "plot". Mr. Anderson, you owe me for the hours of my life I lost reading this terrible book!
Rating:
Summary: Run, don't walk....
Review: ...from this car-wreck of a sci-fi novel. - Disorganized plot (if there is one).
- Uninteresting characters.
- Meaningless side stories which add nothing to the main "plot". Mr. Anderson, you owe me for the hours of my life I lost reading this terrible book!
Rating: 
Summary: Very Good
Review: A very good story which give an excellent feel for the difficulties of travelling to other stars. I'd have given it 5 stars if it had been about 100 pages shorter. Nevertheless, recommended.
Rating:
Summary: Good science fiction
Review: Although the novel constantly remains on a rather superficial level (the relations between the characters are not very deep) the story itself is very rich. What it lacks in depth it more than makes up for by the dazzling story that is being told. This is an unforgettable - and sometimes breathtaking trip through space and time (the novel spans more than eleven thousand earth years). It is quite easy to believe that you are actually there. I also enjoyed the way the novel is written. Mr Anderson is pretty good at jumping ahead without losing the reader, and this makes for a fast paced story that keeps the reader in constant interest.
Rating: 
Summary: SOS
Review: Another exercise in maintaining a mind numbing political correctness by the numbers - a latino, a black, an indian, a Jewish scientist, an arab, a russian and the two white european males who turn out to be an insane killer and a wimp. Why do white males of european descent write books primarily for descendants of white europeans, making the bad guys descendants of white europeans? The science fiction is, well, been there done that. This isn't one of his better works. If current sf writers would can all of the feeble attempts to be politically correct to the point of absurdity, and concentrate on the story, maybe they would have more entertaining stories. This books just loses steam and I put it down about 4/5ths of the way through it.
Rating:
Summary: Very disappointing
Review: As a long-time reader of Poul Anderson's work, I picked this one up on faith, with expectations of similar quality. Bad choice. The book is disjointed, the plot contrived, and the horrible specimens who were the best of the few willing to venture into the unknown for such a long time belittles the human spirit.
Rating:
Summary: Not the best I've read
Review: As a Sci-fi buff I've read some of the best books in this genre, but this book is not one of them. The book drags on and on in spots and that makes the whole experience of it less than enjoyable. If you like Anderson then you may love this book, but if this is your first Anderson novel then I'd suggest reading this one when you can't find anything else to read.
Rating:
Summary: Run, don't walk....
Review: Black box science. Unbelievable sociology. Characters that seem like cardboard cutouts. The dog just ate the last chapter and I don't feel as though I'm missing out on anything.
Rating:
Summary: Unfinished
Review: Black box science. Unbelievable sociology. Characters that seem like cardboard cutouts. The dog just ate the last chapter and I don't feel as though I'm missing out on anything.
Rating: 
Summary: OK, but not among Anderson's best
Review: Despite a number of excellent passages, this book is a bit flat overall. The social, historical and personal aspects of time dilation are dealt with reasonably well. A few of the characters are well developed, while others are rather thin and unconvincing. A redux of Tau Zero, but not nearly as good. Lukewarm recommendation at best.
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