"It's a book Leonardo da Vinci would have warmed to, a set of experiments he's have changed."—Paul West, The Washington Post
"What gives [McPhee's] writing its powerful fascination is the strange, raw quality of fact: it all really happened, just the way . . . McPhee watches so intently that the Aereon and its people become real and important to the reader."—John Skow, Los Angeles Times
"McPhee has a genius for writing about unusual people whose activities border on the eccentric, and the Aereon project abounded with them. His engrossing account can be read at a sitting."—Donald R. Morris, The Houston Post
