Homo sapiens, the adaptable animal? I grew up reading a lot of science fiction that was written in the 1950’s and 1960’s, and for a variety of reasons (among them, a key editor named John A. Campbell) a very popular “meme” in that era was a rather triumphalist view of man as ...

Long-awaited and eagerly anticipated,a sequel to one of my favorite books of all time,  but disappointing. Confusing structure with opening scene running in parallel with a forward running flashback, I don’t see why they didn’t just start with one story or the other. Doesn’t have ...