The Universe

In this book, we gather together the scientists, the intellectuals, and the artists, to learn about and speculate upon the cosmos. The world right now desperately needs both the physicist and the dreamer. G-d has blessed us with the most magnificent world imaginable. We have barely made the first steps in seeing all the light in the darkness. Perhaps it is the dreamer who will find out the nature of dark matter; perhaps it is the scientist who will find solutions to needless hunger and mindless war. For them both, the bounty of the Earth and the cosmos is the currency of hope. Humanity must use what it has been blessed with to survive. Then, as in Paul Simon’s phrase, we all might be dancing together “with diamonds on the soles of our shoes.” They will be the diamonds of the stars and it will be a dance of peace.

Byron Preiss is the author of THE ULTIMATE DRAGON and THE WHITE HOUSE MOUSE. Michael Reeves is also a successful science fiction writer.

The late Byron Preiss had been active in the design and development of software since the early 1980s. In 1984 Preiss produced FEHRENHEIT 451 based on the novel by Ray Bradbury. His interactive adventure game, DRAGONWORLD, was voted Best Adventure Game of the Year (1985). He developed a line of interactive children’s classics for Spinnaker Software. Mr. Preiss had also been involved in audio and video software. His project, THE WORDS OF GANDHI, won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken World Recording. He was co-producer of the acclaimed Bank Street Ready-to-Read videos.