Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780708848722
Edition: New Ed
ISBN: 0708848729
Label: Time Warner Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Time Warner Paperbacks
Number Of Pages: 624
Publication Date: July 11, 1991
Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks
Studio: Time Warner Paperbacks

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Rating: - A future that could come true
This book is incredibly thought-provoking, like no other i've read before. It isn't the main story line that catches the attention, but the context in which it is set. It makes the reader look at our world and our actions as a race in an entirely different light, and made me realise just what a mess we're going to make of things if we don't stop ourselves soon. It is written with such insight, if exaggerated for the purposes of the story, that you cannot help but stop and think. The scariest ... Read More

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Rating: - The best science fiction I have ever read
This book, written in 1990, predicts the impact of the Internet on Society, five years before it became reality. It talks of a global net which provides communication, commerce and entertainment.

The main plot to the book is the discovery of the black hole at the centre of the earth. This provides most of the action and entertainment. However, the triumph of the book is the backdrop - a global information society and a planet on the edge of ecological meltdown.

The characters ... Read More

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Rating: - It is Unique !!! Makes you think.
D. Brin shows us in an entertaining way some of the potential problems humanity could be facing. I like the science bit in this book. Powerful message. I read a lot of SF. This book is unique by its content and the gravity of its subject (pun !). It is not SF as some people would expect it to be, i.e. a mindless useless entertainment, hence I suspect the negative reactions. READ IT and MAKE UP YOUR MIND.

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Rating: - Good story but boring characters and writing kill this book
Brin definitely has an interesting plot with many twists and turns. However, his characters are extremely boring and simplistic. The writing also was very mind numbing. I had the feeling that he wrote an outline then feed it into a machine to do the writing for him. These factor detract from an excellent story. Having not read any other works by him I'm not sure if this is the case with all his writing. I don't recommend this book to anyone.

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Rating: - Good extrapolation, makes you think, characters not as good
David Brin has managed to extrapolate in ways that no other SF author has done. He not only advances technology by half a century, but also the trends of society. His idea that senior citizens will basically control the world because they are the largest voting group sounded right on. Maybe the most impressive thing about Brin's writing is the way he takes multiple plot lines and plays them on each other, having them all come together at the end. My only problem is that the characters didn't seem ... Read More

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