The Light of Other Days (Paperback)

from TeaTimeCoder

Not what I expected, at the end it veers off into something reminiscent of "Last and First Men" by Stapledon. Still, the remote viewing idea is gripping and explored from many angles (maybe dual authorship helps). And where other authors would be vague when writing about the unknowable past with ...

from rondoctor

Interesting and quick read, but not as good as I expected from these two top authors. Development of advanced technology serves as the centerpiece of the book, but it does so at the expense of character and plot development. The last quarter of the book seems to serve as a platform for the author...

from ejp1082

It's been a while since I've read this - I haven't since it was first released in 2000. Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter are two of the preeminent hard sf authors in the sf genre. And when they put their heads together, they do certainly come up with interesting ideas. The Light of Other Days ...

from Lyndatrue

Clarke has written better books than this one, and I suppose Baxter has too. I just couldn't stick with it, and skipped to the end. Funny, I've read books written earlier, and they haven't felt particularly dated, but this one did. It's okay.

from BillHall

Unlike other reviewers who seem less than enthused about this recently reissued collaboration between Arthur Clarke and Stephen Baxter, I found the Light of Other Days to be a good story and a fascinating play on the development of some almost believable new technology. The technology in question...