La tour de verre
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9782253072492 (2253072494)
Publish date: April 1st 2003
Publisher: Livre de Poche
Edition language: French
(Original Review, 1980-10-28)If it is in fact Silverberg's intention to make the sexual encounters uncaring in order to give an indication of the interpersonal encounters of the society in general, then why attribute them to the androids in "The Glass Tower" since it seems that he is trying to make ...
I’m continuing my summer reading of Robert Silverberg novels from the most prolific period of his career, 1967-1976. I reviewed A Time of Changes previously and now it’s time for Tower of Glass. Simeon Krug, inventor and entrepreneur, is obsessed in getting a tower of glass built toward a star wh...
I have a theory that Tower of Glass was written as a response to Brave New World, but I might be wrong about that.
This is my third book by Robert Silverberg but my first disappointment. Not up to the high standard I was led to expect by the other two.Amidst one man's obsession with making first contact with aliens, no matter what the expense, is a struggle by sentient androids for equality with humanity. For th...