'A virtual Computer space-immense enough to contain universes, infinities, heaven and heli... Science fiction can still boggle us'
Guardian
'Filled with wonderful set pieces and vaulting leaps of imagination - it's a real trip'
Locus 'We are right there with him, caught up in the intensity of each stunning discovery about the naturę of reality...
Egan's futurę fascinates'
SF Eye
'A denouement that is almost of Ballardian (J.G.) hallucinatory dimensions... A Work of staggering imagination'
SF COMMENTARY
'Achieves what the fiction of ideas should always aspire to'
The Modern Review
'Imagine the teeming society of Bladcrunncr set in 21st-century Australia... Immensely exhilarating. Sweeps the reader along like a cork on a tidal wave'
Sydney Morning Herald