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I definitely thought the premise behind this book was a great SF concept: the Earth gets wrapped in a membrane which cuts it off from the Sun, satellites, and the stars. As a kid I always shuddered to think of the Sun expanding and consuming the Earth. This book taps into that fear and it propelled me through to the end. Several of the concepts that Wilson has created around this are fascinating, involving time displacement, a Martian colony, nanotechnology, etc. The main narrator is a doctor, T
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Solid contemporary sci-fi. I think it's hard as time moves on for new sci-fi to both hold on to that fantastic feeling of the unknown while still toeing the line of acknowledging the level of reader's average knowledge. When we as a group knew less about the universe and our place in it, writers were able to take more liberties in their craft, which I feel made it easier for them. Mr. Wilson does a very good job of walking between these two lines, providing a real feeling of excitement and suspe
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