Not sure how I feel about this one. It’s the epitome of great ideas and so-so execution. The first third of the book is one of best i’ve ever read in sci-fi and I wish Blish followed through with that instead of sort of meandering through the muddled last 2/3 of it.

The ending is way too literal for my tastes—it really feels like the publishers forced him to drag out what would’ve been up there with the sci-fi short story greats.

(3.5) but i’ll round up bc he went to Rutgers