Toolmaker Koan

by John McLoughlin

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671653547
• ISBN13: 9780671653545
• Release Date: October 1987
• Publisher: Baen Books
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Intellectually challenging

Indeed a highly imaginitive book, full of mindstretching ideas. Not to be missed for those who love ground breaking SF. However it seems to miss something in the story department: it is not as readable as some other works that may be compared to it in scope of ideas.

A good story, bursting with ideas

In Toolmaker Koan John McLoughlin doesn't think small. First, he gives us an answer to Enrico Fermi's famous unanswered question, "Where are they?" Then he tackles geological time and gives us an ingenious explanation for the great Cretaceous extinction, including a cause for the iridium anomaly at the K-T boundary. Finally, he tackles the very concept of intelligence. He wraps all of this in a damned good yarn involving desperate races between the planets, alien contact, new and ancient mysteries, and a very unusual artificial intelligence. A good and thought provoking read!