This books is a bit hard to get into, but stick with it and you'll be rewarded. Brin, a self described futurist, hits the mark with depressing accuracy as we see many of his ecological and tech prophecies come to light just 20 years after he wrote the book. A book to make you think. ( )

Read this when first released and was my first experience with the sci fi genre. It influenced me to read many other of Brin's books plus several other classic and contemporary sci fi books. ( )

I generally like David Brin, but this book just didn't appeal to me as much for whatever reason. ( )

not your usual end of the world book.this one has much philosophy on who we are to decide what or who is worthy of saving. ( )

I read this in the late 1990s. It’s due for a re-read. ( )