Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime: The Shining Ones

by Paul Preuss

Book Overview

Editorial Reviews Product Description The second volume of the spectacular science-fiction thriller evolving from the works of Arthur C. Clarke, grandmaster of science fiction and author of 2001: a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380753502
• ISBN13: 9780380753505
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 16 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

A brilliant if somewhat confusing finale

Was quite suprised with this book. Blake and the crew of the "Ventris" are taken on board of the the Worldship that was Amalthea, joining Sparta who had made contact with the alien, Thowintha. The alien entity on board takes them on a journey of knowledge through space and time, which changes many things for them, perceptionally and in Sparta and Blake's case, physically (gills are somewhat handy when living in a vessel that is filled with water). The finale of the book leaves a lot of questions, and you sit back a little thinking, "ok, how?" but typical of Preuss's good work, it is a very enjoyable story.