I remember being swept away by this book when I first read it, a long, long time ago. Now, I see flaws, I see that the writing style leaves a lot of room for improvement, but despite that, I really enjoyed rereading this book, even though I knew where I was going. Even though the the whole science-religion thing seemed overdone, the speeches seemed overdramatic and there were some unnecessary details that were pointed out at weird moments, the story was enough to take me away into this world, and make me enjoy it immensely.