City at the End of Time

from Philotera

There is much to like about City at the End of Time, and there is no way I can be an objective reviewer since Greg and I had several conversations about this book, important portions are located throughout my neighborhood, and I had way too much fun driving around Seattle finding familiar places....

from majackson

Reminiscent of W.H. Hodgson's "The Night Land", but more confusing. A poetic, episodic rhapsody on the end of the universe. Well written and very exciting…but I didn't like it. I struggled to get through the first 90 pages before it started to make sense—and then it still didn't interest me such ...

from

An ambitious effort from Bear, who's not noted for phoning it in to begin with. Though he has credited Clarke's The City and the Stars as an inspiration, this is much more an attempt to do a modern version of Hodgson's The Night Land, . Very late in the book a passing reference is made to that bo...

from kd9

There are many science fiction books that deal with the end of the universe or the end of time. Most of them choose protagonists that the reader can identify with as they witness actions that can hardly be described, much less comprehended. Unfortunately Greg Bear has tried to write a meta-novel;...

from seanvk

This book is premised on the notion that time is a matter of perspective. At its core, there is one central story about the far future, trillions of years out, where what is remaining of humanity in all its shapes and forms is struggling to survive an onslaught from a presence alien to our univer...