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Liked It Rated 5 stars “This was an unusual book, with a strange sort of a matrix-like connection in it, as well as some interesting pyschological aspects. A little different that Sawyer's usual stories, but then again all of his stories are a little different. Overall, if you like his other works I'd recommend this. ...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  “Each Sawyer book I have read seems to outdo the previous one. This is no exception. It has a little of everything including family drama, unethical medical practices, alien messages, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, the collective human "overmind," with a few consortiums of individuals that are trying to "buy off" scientific discoveries, being thrown into the mix. . Sawyer has a talent for presenting complex scientific theories in an interesting fashion. Each book seems to hint at answers to the most perplexing human questions such as what is the meaning of life, do we have a soul, how did the universe start, and are there extraterrestrials?
  
  I remember the Arthur C. Clarke book "Light of Other Days" in which humans are able to view any event in history, therefore eliminating secrecy and privacy. This book shows another way of accomplishing the same thing. However, Sawyer's tale seems a lot more probable.
  
  The book begins a little bit slow, but once you have read about 50 pages you will read the last 300 in possibly one sitting. Sawyer is starting to convince me that he is the best sci-fi writer out there!
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  Katamaster wrote this review Tuesday, September 18 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “This was an unusual book, with a strange sort of a matrix-like connection in it, as well as some interesting pyschological aspects. A little different that Sawyer's usual stories, but then again all of his stories are a little different. Overall, if you like his other works I'd recommend this. As you can see, I am a fan of his writing.”

  tsteele93 wrote this review Wednesday, November 1 2006. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No