Tower of Glass
Simeon Krug has a vision--and the vast wealth necessary to turn dream into reality. What he wishes is to communicate with the stars, to answer signals from deep space. The colossal tower he's constructing for this purpose soars above the Arctic tundra, and the seemingly perfect androids building...
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Simeon Krug has a vision--and the vast wealth necessary to turn dream into reality. What he wishes is to communicate with the stars, to answer signals from deep space. The colossal tower he's constructing for this purpose soars above the Arctic tundra, and the seemingly perfect androids building it view Krug as their god. But, Krug is only flesh-and-blood, and when his androids discover the truth, their anger knows no bounds...and it threatens much more than the tower. "...a multi-levelled work of high adventure, considerable tension and social consciousness."--Harlan Ellison.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780575070974 (0575070978)
Publish date: April 20th 2000
Publisher: Victor Gollancz
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
(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...
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