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	The Light of Other Days - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Light of Other Days is a 2000 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter.
		The Light of Other Days concerns the development of wormhole technology developed to the point where information can be passed instantaneously between points in the space-time continuum.
		Light of Other Days is also a science fiction short story by Bob Shaw.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Light_of_Other_Days (381 words)

	LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS-PAGE 1
		The most important effect, in the eyes of the average individual, was that light took a long time to pass through a sheet of slow glass.
		Until one day, a year later, the beauty held in the subatomic pipelines would be exhausted and the familiar gray cityscape would reappear.
		All he receives from the land are light patterns, and with scenedows those patterns could be taken into coal mines, submarines, prison cells.
	www.scifi.com /scifiction/classics/classics_archive/shaw/shaw1.html (2874 words)

	The Very Best Books : Light of Other Days, The (Nova Audio Books)
		The science extrapolations are phenomenal, but unlike some of the other reviewers, I found the foundational theories in the early chapters too vague to be plausible.
		It is a grand, epic ending in the traditon of Clarke's Childhood's End, which is referenced in the Afterward as a previous exploration of the time viewer, along with Clarke's short story The Parasite, which, he has said elsewhere, served as the basis for this novel.
		A modern hard SF giant, The Light of Other Days is a crowning achievement of contemporary science fiction.
	www.elise.com /store/Reviews/ItemId/1567409172/ReviewPage/4 (1140 words)

	The Light of Other Days by Arthur C Clarke and Stephen Baxter - an infinity plus review
		Based on the intriguing premise of 'slow glass', glass through which light takes years to travel, it remains one of the finest in 60s SF, and it is a small scandal that it is not now in print.
		Clarke and Baxter even rustle up that SF mega-cliché, an enormous asteroid certain to collide with Earth and wipe out all life (in five hundred years), so that the clock is, as it were, ticking throughout the narrative, albeit in a slightly distant way.
		In the 1966 'Light of Other Days', an unhappily married couple are touring the highlands, and stop at a 'farm' for slow glass, where the material is laid out on the hillsides soaking up, as it were, the view, so that it can later be fitted in city-houses and provide the inhabitants with nicer scenery.
	www.infinityplus.co.uk /nonfiction/otherdays.htm (1290 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The Light of Other Days at Epinions.com
		The resurrection theme is clearest in "The Light of Other Days," written by Clarke with up-and-coming SF novelist Stephen Baxter.
		In a wormcam's-eye view, we race back through the history of a single strand of DNA from the present day through millions of ancestors and billions of years.
		"Light of Other Days" is the best of Clarke's recent work.
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	Andy's Anachronisms -- The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter
		Andy's Anachronisms -- The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter
		Unfortunately Kate's character is virtually wasted towards the final third of the novel as she has served her purpose in the narrative and the climax of the technology takes centre stage.
		One of the other troubling aspects of the novel for me was the red herring of the
	www.timetravelreviews.com /books/clarke_baxter_light.html (943 words)

	Light of Other Days by Bob Shaw
		But his most famous single story is "Light of Other Days," containing his powerfully evocative invention of "slow glass," later used in several other stories that all together form his book, Other Days, Other Eyes (1972).
		Years ago, in a class taught at Stevens Institute of Technology, Samuel R. Delany had to explain to a student who had done the math proving that slow glass didn't work that it was science fiction, not fact; if it did work, then the story would no longer be sf but merely literary realism.
		All other details of setting that ground the world of the story and make it distinct from the present world are made secondary by Shaw, so that the central image and idea is foregrounded and highlighted, its surprising implications and deep complexities investigated.
	ebbs.english.vt.edu /exper/kcramer/anth/Days.html (396 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Light of Other Days: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Light of Other Days is a science fiction novel written by Stephen Baxter, based on an outline, ideas, and extensive editorial input by Sir Arthur C. Clarke.
		This is one of several flaws in the book, the other major one being the soap opera-like human drama story that develops side by side with the technical stuff.
		I agree with the other editorialist, that you read such books not because of the compelling characters or artful word craft -- you read because you are intrigued by the exploration of the psychological consequences of how new technologies can desensitize humanity from its humanity.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0812576403 (903 words)

	"Borderlands of Science" - The Light of Other Days
		In 1966, the Northern Irish writer Bob Shaw published a story, "Light of Other Days." In it he conceived the idea of "slow glass." This material is transparent, just like ordinary glass, so you can make windows out of it.
		However, light takes years, rather than a small fraction of a nanosecond, to traverse a pane of slow glass.
		Slowed light, traveling within a BEC, could be a new and efficient means of compressing information by means of light pulses.
	www.fenrir.com /free_stuff/columns/science/sci-119.htm (1238 words)

	A Fun Hour With Bob Shaw
		It was billed as the fourth international something or other science fiction convention, and I was guest of honor.
		All the international speakers came on, and each one explained that science fiction in his country or her country was the best in the world.
		The Russian speaker came on, and she said not only was Russian science fiction the best in the world, it was so good that inferior writers from all other countries, like America and Britain, were doing their best to copy Russian science fiction, but they couldn't do it because they weren't good enough.
	www.testermanscifi.org /BobShawP1.html (1357 words)

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	Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter's The Light of Other Days. The Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Web ...
		This story involves more than just Hiram Patterson, but not too many other people populate the cast-a few sons, a girlfriend, an adoptive mother and half-sister...that's basically all of it in a nutshell.
		THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS makes you stop and think of the possibilities of the future, makes you value what little privacy there is left in today's society and makes you fear the laws and technology that seem to be working their hardest to take that privacy away from us.
		Everything is neatly extrapolated from the current day position, in terms of politics, environment, science and culture.
	www.eternalnight.co.uk /books/c/clarkearthurc/thelightofotherdays.html (1053 words)

	The Light of Other Days
		In The Light of Other Days, humanity is advanced not by evolution, but by the invention of the WormCam, a device that eliminates all personal privacy as well as allowing the whole of human history to be viewed as it actually happened.
		Light of Other Days is tiresome as are his other newer novels.
		I can't help but feel the real reason the authors wrote this story was to indulge in their hope that someday, all world religions would come to an end.
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	Light of Other Days, the - Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter - Printed Books Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
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	The SF Site Featured Review: The Light Of Other Days
		"The Light of Other Days" was the title of a classic short story by Bob Shaw, one of the lesser known stars of science fiction.
		One of the features of the Shaw story was the idea of "slow glass," which would transmit light so slowly that it could be used to view the past.
		With many interesting ideas, few of which are fully explored, and a dearth of exploration of the characters and their relationships, The Light of Other Days feels more like a work in progress than a finished novel.
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	By the Light of Other Days
		While there is a strong orchestral feel to the songs, the music is rooted in James' Celtic heritage.
		The sounds of harps, dulcimers, bells, and bagpipes are combined with brass, string ensembles, woodwinds, and percussion.
		In early 1998, songs from By the Light of Other Days were heard in Carnegie Hall as accompaniment to a dance recital.
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	SciFan: Books: Light of Other Days, The by Arthur C. Clarke (from our database of Fantasy & SF novels, anthologies, ...
		Light of Other Days, The, by Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter
		The crowning achievement of any professional writer is to get paid twice for the same material: write a piece for one publisher and then tweak it just enough that you can turn around and sell it to someone else.
		The Light of Other Days follows a soulless tech billionaire (sort of an older, more crotchety Bill Gates), a soulful muckraking journalist, and the billionaire's two (separated since birth) sons.
	www.scifan.com /titles/title.asp?TI_titleid=8384 (322 words)

	Greenwich Village Gazette: Entertainment: Book Reviews:Light Of Days
		The Light of Other Days tells the tale of what happens when a brilliant, driven industrialist harnesses
		It is a fundamental change in the terms of the human condition.
		Light of Days is the science-fiction event of the season...and a worthy addition to the shelf of Clarke's
	www.nycny.com /entertainment/book_reviews/lightofdays3-10.htm (222 words)

	The Very Best Books : Light of Other Days, The (Nova Audio Books)
		Within this intersting premise the authors use a shotgun approach to examine/trivialize the environment, religion, and a myriad of other subjects.
		Also, hard science fiction lovers will not be disappointed by the technology introduced and the applications that drive the story.
		All things considered, certainly not a bad novel; if TLOOD had been a first book from some young sci-fi hopeful author, it would probably be hailed as a marvellous debut.
	www.elise.com /store/Reviews/ItemId/1567409172/ReviewPage/5 (791 words)

	SFBookcase.com - The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter - Reference of Science Fiction and ...
		SFBookcase.com - The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter - Reference of Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels/Authors.
		The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke
		The Light of Days is the science-fiction event of the season...and a worthy addition to the shelf of Clarke's best work.
	www.sfbookcase.com /viewbook.asp?bookno=1238 (277 words)

	Tasty Bits from the Technology Front: TBTF for 1999-03-01: Light of other days
		Dozens of other Web authoring tools are no better, and each has its own idiosyncracies -- failing to quote the attribute values in HTML tags, for instance, or incorrectly balancing or failing to terminate table tags in the presence of other markup, or proliferating spurious tags.
		Lene Vestergaard Hau and her colleagues at Harvard have created an effect they call "electromagnetically induced transparency" -- using the peculiar quantum characteristics of a BEC to allow a beam of light to propagate through the dead-opaque substance at one 20-millionth the speed of light in a vacuum.
		Here is an excellent summary and examination [36] of "Light of Other Days." The book Other Days, Other Eyes is what is called in the trade a fix-up, that is, a book-length work put together to capitalize on the popularity of a shorter piece.
	tbtf.com /archive/1999-03-01.html (2717 words)

	Science Fiction Book Reviews
		Meanwhile, Patterson brings his other son, David, a brilliant physicist, on board to further develop the wormhole technology.
		In The Light of Other Days, Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter have attempted to meld the story of a powerful but dysfunctional family with the implications of a new technology that will radically change the way people live and think.
		While it's fairly easy to see where The Light of Other Days might be improved, it's still quite a good book.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue159/books.html (1189 words)

	Slow Glass by Bob Shaw from Light of Other Days at Technovelgy.com
		From Light of Other Days, by Bob Shaw.
		Bose-Einstein condensates have optical densities such that the speed of light passing through the mass is extremely low - walking speed as opposed to its usual 186,000 miles per second.
		Read Light of Other Days right now - it will take you about ten minutes and it's a great story.
	www.technovelgy.com /ct/content.asp?Bnum=692 (411 words)

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		Or, in the middle of a mundane day, he would find himself filled with an indescribable joy, as if everything suddenly made sense.
		Now he was immersed in a new world of colour and texture and light and feeling, where the simplest things -- the curl of an early spring leaf, the glimmer of sunlight on water, the smooth curve of Kate's cheek -- could be suffused by a beauty he had never known existed.
		Bobby looked from one face to the other, frightened, bewildered, as his life came to pieces around him.
	www.tor.com /sampleLightDays.html (3078 words)

	Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter: The Light of Other Days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter's collaborative novel The Light of Other Days is set in a near future which seems to be an extrapolation of many of today's worst trends.
		The Light of Other Days focuses on the family of Hiram Patterson, a latter-day Bill Gates.
		It is clear that research into the wormhole technology continues and progress is made, but there is little real feeling of the passage of time and delay as the new products are rolled out to an public or the various characters' lives more slowly forward.
	www.sfsite.com /~silverag/other.html (497 words)

	AAI \| Architecture
		The architectural layout of the town itself is remarkable in comparisson to most other northern towns.
		Each of these features will be looked at individually, however as an introduction to the vernacular architecture of Monaghan town let us first look at a selection of a photographs which show some of these features.
		In 1979 Monaghan County Museum was involved in a photographic survey of the county entitled 'The Light Of Other Days'.
	www.askaboutireland.ie /show_narrative_page.do?page_id=321 (277 words)

	Clarke and Baxter Shine with 'Light of Future Days'
		Others carry the technology -- and its attendant loss of privacy -- to the extreme, implanting WormCam generators in their heads and joining group minds.
		Ultimately, The Light of Other Days is thinly veiled social commentary.
		On the other hand, when that light comes from the authorial equivalent of a binary star, it's rewarding to catch some narrative rays.
	www.space.com /sciencefiction/books/light_future_days_000301.html (736 words)

	Countrybookshop.co.uk - Light of Other Days, The
		Stephen Baxter is the author of the highly acclaimed Xeelee Sequence of fiction and many other award-winning science fiction novels.
		With OurWorld's development of wormhole technology, any point in space can be connected to any other, faster than the speed of light.
		Humanity encounters itself in the light of other days.
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