Reception
Kirkus Reviews said "readable, but more science travelogue than science fiction--and if you were anticipating a conclusion, or at least an alien encounter, forget it." Publishers Weekly was somewhat critical in their review saying "the narrative leaps about too much to develop characters, but Clarke has never been as interested in individuals as in humanity's ability to accept change as a species. It's too early to tell whether that theme will be enough to carry the story to a coherent conclusion."
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“Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind of reception it meets in the world, and that so very few are offended with it.”
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