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Review title: excellent blend of current science, speculation and story
Product review: i loved this book. the story had a good pace but not at the expense of the details necessary for good mental pictures. the characters were well developed with believable alien cultures, mannerisms and philosophies. the underlying questions about god and technology were not new, but were posed in a thought-provoking manner. the ending was interesting but it seemed forced. i have enjoyed several of sawyer's books in the past year. factoring humanity was interesting, but a bit more 'out there' than i like. the terminal experiment was similar to calculating god in its fusion of science, philosophy, thoughtful speculation and story-telling. i am looking forward to more stories by robert sawyer.
