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Janet Maslin, New York Times: There are some funny routines here, though Mr. Carpenter doesn't seem to have cared much about integrating or sustaining them. Read more
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: By introducing human eccentricities into the cold structure of SF, Carpenter creates a vision of the technological future that is both disillusioned and oddly affirmative in its insistence on the unscientific survival of emotional frailty. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A berserk combination of space opera, intelligent bombs, and beach balls from other worlds. Read more