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A bit bland so far, but there's nothing wrong with that. I like the reflection questions.

I'm glad I kept reading. I've found it more engaging over the last couple chapters.

I wasn't hooked by the opening, but I'm going to try to keep going. The recommendation from the Greater Good Science Center and overall positive reviews are doing some heavy lifting.

"The Wire Continuum" would have been an excellent story to end the collection. It's a synthesis of several other stories and running themes, but it's superior to any of them individually. On the whole, this was a great collection of stories from a wonderful and influential author.

It's interesting to think that Clarke probably figured "The Other Side of the Sky" was a rather conservative estimate of how much space development humans would accomplish in the 20th century. Here's looking to the 21st!

I think "Second Dawn" was the most interesting story in the collection so far. But the real gems have been the dispatches from the White Hart.

I take back what I said about being tired of the rockets and Moon colony stories. The final scene of "Earthlight" made it all worthwhile!

The rockets and Moon colony stories are getting a little tiresome (and more than a little repetitive).

It's interesting to see similar ideas, themes, and settings evolve through Clarke's short stories.

Enjoying Clarke's earlier short stories.