The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

Well.. the best part of the book was his wonderful insights into Einstein's Relativity and other fun topics like Entropy, the existence of Time. Greene is a remarkable writer and brillant person. It it obvious his true passion is for Particle Physics rather than Marco World.

However the book was way too long and became very Dry and cumbersome to Read. Often I found myself wanting to quit and just give up ( which I did for some chapters but not most)
Sections on String Theory and Quantum just did not interest me and I had to skip those sections. Maybe my brain did not get it or maybe I just did not want to read it. Besides those 150 pages or so I thought the book was well written but most of the concepts are very abstract and theoritical and may not appeal to alot of people who like things more concrete.

If you are a 2nd year undergraduate or beyond majoring in physics then you should not read this book. If you are anything but a amature physicist yet yern to excite your curiosity of how the universe ticks then you should buy this book. This piece is very well written which makes it easily understandable.

I highly recommend this book!

As other reviewers have pointed out, the book tends to unnecessarily incorporate stupid pop-culture references to make the material seem more accessible to the layperson. Instead of making the material more accessible it seems extremely contrived and insults the intelligence of the reader. References to the Kwik-E-Mart, Mulder and Scully, and all of the other hoohah this book contains obscure the reader from what is essentially a fine work. Brian Greene's writing and explanatory power is unbelievable and it is a shame that the publisher probably insisted on the pop-culture references.

The book was definitely worth the purchase for its clear explanations of extra dimensions and the arrow of time. However, I did feel the portions dealing with time travel and black holes to be of lesser quality than writings by other authors like Michio Kaku. I recently read Kaku's "Parallel Worlds," and this book back to back and would say that if you're purchasing one book I would side with Kaku. This book contains much more on time than "Parallel Worlds" but the other topics covered are pretty much identical.

I found this book to be excellent. The author really understands how to take a complex subject like this and not make it read like a tedious textbook, also without dumbing it down to the point you feel like a 2 year old.. excellent read. Fascinating. Highly reccomend

This book is great but I do not know if audio version is the best choice.
I would like to re-read some parts and see the releated illustrations. I believe it makes it easier to understand.