very good. This is one of the classics of science fiction. Clarke's future Earth is billions of years in the future. Everything has changed, though people are still people. Clarke's writing has all sorts of hints and mysteries, and, best of all, false leads. The future history is very creative. The book's speculation on what future technology could be like is worthwhile, expecially for one published in the 1950's.
In the story, we start in the city of Diaspar. A youngster finally gets curious about the outside world and goes exploring. Nothing really bad or dangerous happens, but the story works anyway.
The down side of Against the Fall of Night is that the book has fairly little direct action. Rather, things happen to the lead players. |
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