Clarke remains the most celebrated of all British SF authors, and
his collaboration with Stanley Kubrick on 2001: A Space Odyssey (an
explanation of a Clarke short story) consolidated his already
impressive reputation. His speciality has always been ideas -
breathtakingly imaginative concepts that carry the reader into new
realms (such as the massive enigmatic alien spacecraft in
Rendezvous with Rama), more than making up for his famously
rudimentary characterization. Clarke is (thankfully) still with us,
but his literary endeavours these days seem to lie in the realm of
ideas for other writers to work into novels. Not a problem, when
the other writer is Clarke's heir apparent, the phenomenally
talented Baxter. Hiram Patterson, magnate behind the massive media
Corporation OurWorld, is inaugurating the most significant
communications revolution in history. Utilizing wormholes in space,
Patterson's WormCams can connect any point to any other, turning
the walls of time and distance to glass. This is the breathtaking
concept behind this collaboration which remains the finest thing
Clarke's name has been associated with in years. (Kirkus UK)
In the most exciting SF collaboration ever, Arthur C. Clarke and
his universally acknowledged heir Stephen Baxter pool talent,
fantastic ideas, unprecedented cosmic insights as well as
page-turning plotting skills and breathlessly good writing to
produce the most awesome novel of the future since 3001. 'Space is
what keeps everything from being in the same place. Right?' With
these words Hiram Patterson, head of the giant media corporation
OurWorld, launches the greatest communications revolution in
history. With OurWorld's development of wormhole technology, any
point in space can be connected to any other, faster than the speed
of light. Realtime television coverage is here: earthquakes and
wars, murders and disasters can be watched, exactly as they occur,
anywhere on the planet. Then WormCams are made to work across time
as well as space. Humanity encounters itself in the light of other
days. We witness the life of Jesus, go to the premiere of Hamlet,
solve the enigmas that have baffled generations. Blood spilled
centuries ago flows vividly once more - and no personal treachery
or shame can be concealed. But when the world and everything in it
becomes as transparent as glass and there are no more secrets,
people find new ways to gain vengeance and commit crime, and Hiram
Patterson finds new ways to keep his Machiavellian schemes secret.
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