Reviews
"A first-rate tour de force." -- The New York Times "Frighteningly logical, believable, and grimly prophetic . . . [Arthur C.] Clarke is a master." -- Los Angeles Times "There has been nothing like it for years; partly for the actual invention, but partly because here we meet a modern author who understands that there may be things that have a higher claim on humanity than its own 'survival.' " --C. S. Lewis "As a science fiction writer, Clarke has all the essentials." --Jeremy Bernstein, The New Yorker, "A first-rate tour de force."--"The New York Times" "Frighteningly logical, believable, and grimly prophetic . . . [Arthur C.] Clarke is a master."--"Los Angeles Times" "There has been nothing like it for years; partly for the actual invention, but partly because here we meet a modern author who understands that there may be things that have a higher claim on humanity than its own 'survival.' "--C. S. Lewis "As a science fiction writer, Clarke has all the essentials."--Jeremy Bernstein, "The New Yorker"