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Quality
Very good book and despite second hand very good quality
I dont do much fiction reading but i do like scifi and so i knew of clarke already but id struggle to come up with the title of... Read More
One of the crew smuggles a piece of equipment on and the book spends a whole chapter with the captain teasing it out of him and... Read More
Packaging/appearance
However once the vessel has passed inside the orbit of mercury the mercurians decide to take matters into their own hands and i... Read More
Competitiveness
Incredibly advanced in comparison to todays times
Did the guy ever win gold in the lunar olympics
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Though parts of the first third of the book were tedious
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The author cleverly exploits natural curiosity in all of us and then starts twisting us around his finger
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Its just a shame that the language and style seems a bit dated but thats hardly the authors fault
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The only belligerence comes from the humans and then only in a limited and unsuccessful attempt
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Greatness about the writer is he describing and telling us about the gadgets in the story which did not existing at all at the time of writing or publishing this book
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Not read any sci fi for a while