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Arthur C. Clarke
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 384 pages Rating: 3.99 | 6356 Users | 322 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Light of Other Days |
| Author | : | Arthur C. Clarke |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 384 pages |
| Published | : | January 15th 2001 by Tor Science Fiction (first published April 16th 2000) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction |
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When a brilliant, driven industrialist harnesses the cutting edge of quantum physics to enable people everywhere, at trivial cost, to see one another at all times: around every corner, through every wall, into everyone's most private, hidden, and even intimate moments. It amounts to the sudden and complete abolition of human privacy--forever.
Then, as society reels, the same technology proves able to look backwards in time as well. What happens next is a story only Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter could tell. The Light of Other Days is a novel that will change your view of what it is to be human.
Then, as society reels, the same technology proves able to look backwards in time as well. What happens next is a story only Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter could tell. The Light of Other Days is a novel that will change your view of what it is to be human.
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| Original Title: | The Light of Other Days |
| ISBN: | 0812576403 (ISBN13: 9780812576405) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Seattle, Washington(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Seiun Award 星雲賞 Nominee for Best Foreign Novel (2001) |
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This was a curious experience. The text reads like an Arthur C. Clarke novel (with all the failings and virtues this implies) as written by Steve Baxter (with all the failings and virtues that this implies). Since that's presumably exactly what it is, I guess I shouldn't have been so surprised by the effect, but somehow I'd expected something more of a stylistic amalgamation. The underlying premise is that wormholes can be stabilized sufficiently that enough information can be transmittedAt the heart of hard SF is a deep preoccupation with spirituality and meaning in the universe. The Light Of Other Days demonstrates this by starting with what seems to be a story about the technological elimination of privacy, and finishes by contemplating a new version of humanity, and a new conception of human origins and ultimate purpose.Such territory is nothing new for Arthur C Clarke or Stephen Baxter. They both exemplify the science half of science fiction by writing characters that
This novel explores a really fascinating concept. What if technology could be developed that let us see any place in space and time, including past, present and future? Society would be transformed. Lying would be impossible.But Clarke and Baxter take it much much further than that, and the ending is just plain incredible as, without spoiling it too much, humans can finally seek redeption for the crimes of ages past. Read this book.http://www.books.rosboch.net/?p=134
An interesting concept that quickly descends into dreck. I expected better from a couple of genre masters. The writing style wanders, a common thing when more than one author is involved. Rather than a coherent science fiction story, this book lurches between sections of story, science, and case studies that with work, could have been turned into a novel.The authors use wormholes as a device that enables universal surveillance, including reaching into the past. This could have been terribly
Absolutely love this fantastic story! 10 of 10 stars!
This is what sci-fi is all about. Highly recommend it.When the world discovers how and when it will end, the decline of humanity begins immediately. Most people become nothing more than animals seeking hedonistic pleasures, as if they believed they were going to die that day. But one fellow keeps his wits about him and continues to invent. His greatest invention, the worm cam, alters the trajectory of humanity as much as the impending natural disaster.One can't help but link the worm cam and
Quick read, but the science in the book stands the test of time. The story is a bit disjointed at points, but I enjoyed the way Clarke used, for example, a speech given to Congress about the technology of Wormcams (the crux of the books narrative) to further the plot.
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