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“This is science fiction come real . . . The Starship and the Canoe is neither a wilderness survival manual nor a book of blueprints. It is another of those rare books impossible to define: the kind that seeks you in time. And you will know it, live it and consult it thereafter simply by name.”

—Chicago Sun-Times

“Brower’s superbly written book clutches at one’s imagination.”

—Publishers Weekly

“In the tradition of Carl Sagan and John McPhee, a bracing cerebral voyage past intergalactic hoopla and backwoods retreats.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“An unusual and often moving double biography . . . In their individual ways, the Dysons embody the extremes of twentieth-century life—science and technology, and the revolt against them.”

—The New Yorker

“In this biography of two generations, Kenneth Brower writes with humor and insight of the Dysons’ estrangement and ultimate reconciliation. The clean, sharp prose is reminiscent of John McPhee’s, who once wrote memorably of Brower’s conservationist father, David.”

—People

“A compelling and evocative biography of father and son . . . a highly moving allegory on the compelling ideologies of our times. . . . Aside from any deeper meanings one could extract from this book, it is a lot of fun.”

—San Francisco Chronicle