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Title: Weird and somewhat pointless science fiction epic
Review: So aliens come to Earth and impose peace and order, along with restrictions. Why are they here? Are they trying to help us? Is is good to be ruled by a foreign species? These questions are posed and then answered in the strangest and most implausible manner. Basicaly, the aliens are here because of Ms Cleo!So, what is this novel? At first I thought it was a libertarian fantasy about the dangers of authoritarianism. But it isn't that at all. Is it about man's future in space, as it sort of seems to be? Not, really...the book says that man's future is not in the stars.All in all, I can see why Clarke wants to distance himself from the views presented in this book...so why did he write it at all?
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