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Title: A tragic failure that should not have been allowed to happen
Review: I *love* AC Clarke, and I love his short stories and novels, especially the 2001 series. However, this is a bad book -- a failure that should not have been allowed to happen. He starts out really well -- Frank Poole, alive, as a vehicle to explore the future. Great! But there is no story, no mystry, nothing but a few admitedly neat ideas about the future (love the towers) and nothing else. Skip this book, and check out the Red Mars series instead.
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