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Book Description
In the year 2110 technology has cured most of our worries. But even as humankind enters a new golden age, an amateur astronomer points his telescope at just the right corner of the night sky and sees disaster hurtling toward Earth: a chunk of rock that could annihilate civilization. While a few fanContinue
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- English Books
- Paperback 240 Pages
- ISBN-10: 055356871X
- ISBN-13: 9780553568714
- Publisher: Bantam Books
- Pub date: Nov 01, 1994
- Dimensions: 1161 mm x 710 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Others and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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kennethrgreen 
Never More Than Four
I could never rate Clarke's books as five stars, simply because they are a pain to get through. Clarke is a scientist. I am not. When I was a boy all SF was hard core science. Whether it was in the mags or paperbacks it was hardcore or the editors (especially John Campbell) just wouldn't accept it. ... (continue)
I could never rate Clarke's books as five stars, simply because they are a pain to get through. Clarke is a scientist. I am not. When I was a boy all SF was hard core science. Whether it was in the mags or paperbacks it was hardcore or the editors (especially John Campbell) just wouldn't accept it. A younger me loved it. It was Tom Mix and Roy Rogers in space suits. The robots were described down to thier inner cores and a human was lucky if he/she got a two sentence profile. And the science didn't stick enough to inspire me, I just remember the action. Maybe I am more a people person than a science jock.
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