![]() ![]() At this time a mysterious asteroid enters the solar system. Earth has entered the twenty-first century, the Russians and the Americans (the Soviet Union's still awfully powerful in this book) are again at odds with one another, and there are signs of another nuclear war in sight. It's a novel of enormous size and complexity, backed by a strong plot. Greg Bear knows his science well enough to talk about it convincingly, and we get a book dealing with tunnels fabricated from space/time, singularities which advance and recede simultaneously, and floating objects that bear every resemblance to matter except that they were made from distorted spacial coordinates. ![]() This is one of those science fiction books where the science actually plays an important role in the story. The bottom line: Eon is an amazing novel, but it's not for everyone. There are moments when reading Eon where you will just put down the book, stare off into space for a few seconds, then breathe an awed "Wow." Then there are other moments-more, I think-where you will put down the book and scratch your head in utter bewilderment, wondering what was it you just read. ![]()
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