Across a Billion Years

This book was a shame. Published in 1969, it had an interesting story, but really dropped the ball on sexism and racism, so much so that it was cringeworthy at times. I think Silverberg's intent was to show growth of the main character, but it was never fully realized. Granted I'm writing this over fifty years after it's original release, and I always try to put myself in the mind frame of the time in which it was written, but we knew better in '69. And it's too bad, because the basic premise of the book, archeologists finding an ancient civilization that colonized a huge slew of the galaxy, was entertaining.

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