"HARVEST OF STARS IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY POWERFUL novel because of the extent to which Poul Anderson immerses you in the future. His men and women take on a life of their own. They have their own dreams and lifestyles, entertainments and agendas, goals and pasts, quite apart from the author's. Poul brings them vividly to life.

"Perhaps what really impressed me was the book's wealth of detail. Poul puts us into a whole new world. Poul has traced a thousand trends, pulled them tightly together and created a MASTERPIECE."