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Originally Posted by db105
I liked it, but I agree few things happen. It's one of those "sense of wonder" books with a huge alien structure. There's been a lot of literature, TV shows and movies along those lines since then, which has dulled our ability to feel that wonder.
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I agree it's a sense of wonder book, and it is done exceedingly well. One can argue not a lot happens. I disagree. What happens is the exploration of the mystery of the object. And Clarke describes and evokes that wonder so well. I wonder if that was Clarke was truly a master of--describing wonder, eternity, mortality, the tininess of humans in the face of it. His title of first novel length work Against the Fall of Night quotes a poem that describes that sentiment. Clarke was probably the best at this since Hodgson in the Nightland. It's a thread that runs through all his best work.