Earth Made of Glass (1998) is a science fiction novel, the second book of the Thousand Cultures series, by John Barnes whose story is told from the perspective of a middle-aged special agent named Giraut. Earth Made of Glass examines religious extremism when two different cultures are forced into proximity.
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Famous quotes containing the words earth and/or glass:
“Could it be that wisdom appears on earth as a raven, drawn by the faint smell of carrion?”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Vast chain of Being, which from God began,
Natures aethereal, human, angel, man,
Beast, bird, fish, insect! what no eye can see,
No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee,
From thee to Nothing!—”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)