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Now I will admit that I have read this book before (in fact I am sure there are comments already on file with GR) however this books has to be in my top 5 all time favourite books which means I cannot resist going back to reading it from time to time.
It does not help that the science fiction artist Jim Burns did some excellent renditions of some key scenes from the book which are printed in his book Lightship (which I recently re-read). However what really draws me back to this book time and ti ...more
It does not help that the science fiction artist Jim Burns did some excellent renditions of some key scenes from the book which are printed in his book Lightship (which I recently re-read). However what really draws me back to this book time and ti ...more
Just wow. This is an awesome tale - I wasn't expecting it to be anything less, to be honest. I wonder why it took me so many years to get around to reading it?
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Classic Sci fi. My first Arthur C. Clarke novel. I've heard it's not worth reading the subsequent novels, anyone else have an opinion on that?
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