“The Memory of Whiteness is ambitiously, intricately, and deliberately orchestrated, and philosophical to boot….If you are a fan of music, of Jack Vance, of intricately recomplicated tales, you will love Robinson’s novel!” —Analog

“Robinson creates an intellectual dessert, The Memory of Whiteness: physics, music and intrigue; an outré and improbably delicious world; wit and philosophy. A symphony of ideas!” —Greg Bear

“Robinson’s narrative technique is impressive and the richness of his concepts and language is extraordinary.” —Booklist

“Robinson is one of science fiction’s most emotionally evocative writers. [But] this novel is a cerebral tour de force. Carefully structured and full of futuristic notions, The Memory of Whiteness becomes a fable about art and scientific determinism.” —Philadelphia Inquirer

“The Memory of Whiteness is about music. It is also about the structure of the universe and the meaning of life….A rich mix of cultures, based on divergent notions of political order, but unified by an appreciation of music as a language that speaks, without the need of translation, to something deep in human nature.” —The New York Times Book Review