Description
While dated in its description of stellar mecanics, Pohl does pose an interesting premise: Stars have all the necessary ingredients to be MASSIVE thinking machines! From there, it's a short step to consider sentient stars. In the text, fusion research on earth creates a baby star that quickly reaches consciousness, sentience and self actualization. Old Sol doesn't seem to like it very much! As with other Pohl works (like Man Plus), it has an interesting central concept, but the science is not very deep and the characters aren't particularly well developed.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
213 pages
Language
English
Published
Jul 12, 1973
Publisher
Ballantine Books (NYC)
Editions
10 editions
ISBN-10
0345217977
ISBN-13
9780345217974