Instruct: Classify an Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Boring! Not like Arthur C. Clake at all.

I can't give it less than a 7 eventhough I hated it. I have to admit that it is still a decent book. (I couldn't have written it). It seems that Clarke spends more time nowadays trying to paint a picture of the future that is perfectly politically correct and devoid of any particular prevalent religion. That is fine, but I think he spends too much time on that and not on telling a good story. He will write 50 great pages on Raman exploration and then 50 on a particular characters personal life, complete with memories of their childhood and their philosophy. I agree with another reviewer below that said that this book seems to have been written mostly be Lee. I have loved Clarke and read his books for years and this one spins off track. Don't read it page for page. Be ready to skip over 20% of it