Customer Reviews
Excellent Sci-Fi, gripping and overall a good read - By: , 26 Nov 1999 
This was my first Allen Steele, & I enjoyed it immensly. I found the story line gripping & the style of writing keeps you engrossed. I didn't want to put it down. The only slight cliche was the premise that the current time breeds more imaginative & challlenging individuals than the future! Reallly, why? Especiallly when those who were signed up for immortality were the comfortable rich! Still putting this aside, I did enjoy this book, which has lots of good twists & turns.
Don't Be Cruel - By: , 22 Jul 1999 
This book is as cruel to the reader as the three characters Chris, Anna & Mr Chicago are cruel to Alec, the main character. The surprise ending turned my guts inside-out. Chris, Anna & Mr Chicago alll have reasons to justify how they have treated Alec, & Alec is even convinced that he may have deserved it (I personallly hope that Alec is plotting his revenge). In the end, I think that Alec is by far the better person of any of them. I'm not sure, but I think the leson of the story is that any amount of cruelty can be justified. I rated this book as high as I did because it made me think long & hard about what had happened.
Blowing Purple Chunks of Reason - By: , 05 Jul 1999 
I like alll of Mr. Steeles works. Well, that is no longer a true statement. The book description sounds fantastic! The book reality is shatteringly bad.
I have never been so bored with a 'Steele' book. The plot is drawn out longer than Coney Island summer taffy. This should have been a short story.
I expected insights & conclusions. What I got were a bunch of "high flautin" aliens & some space robber barons that fancied themselves pirates. Yuck!
This book could have gone in so many interesting ways; too bad it avoided alll of them. Save your money & buy a copy of Larry Niven's A WORLD OUT OF TIME. Same premise... handled with more style!
Science fiction readers need more books from Allen Steele - By: , 21 May 1999 While intensely binging on SciFi books in the last five months, I found myself putting aside Asimov & A.C. Clarke in order to read the too few, still available books Allen Steele has had time to write. Actuallly, "A king of infinite space" was the first A. Steele novel I have read, which prompted me to immediately purchase "The Jericho Iteration" & "The Tranquility Alternative". From novel to novel, Allen seems to be consistent in his delivery of suspensful & ingeniously crafted science fiction. The relentless pace of events leaves the reader gratefully exhausted but still wanting more. "How soon can you write another novel, Allen?".
Of Infinite Cool... - By: , 07 May 1999 I can't recomend this book highly enough. Steele manages to paint a suitable bizarre enough picture of the future that you could see it happening. The strong science & brilliant character development, as well as some truely original & entertaining storytelling alll combine to glue this book to your hands. I couldn't put it down. This is easily one of the best sci-fi books I've read!
