The complete version of the unforgettable masterpiece that went from Nebula Award-winner to timeless classic...
Man searched a long time for alien life, until finally it found him. The aliens wished to see someone who knew the stars. Earth sent Bradley Reynolds, a man who knew the stars as well as any man could. But the aliens wanted more than Reynolds could give. They wanted to know whether the sun loves us...
From the time-scoured deserts of Mars, to the vast holes in the clouds of Jupiter, to the radio winds of Titan, Reynolds would find hints of what he sought. But what he would find in the end was a transformation so glorious as to be far beyond his capacity to dream -- a universe where beings are collected like songs...