Maybe I'm being a little unfair, but I've never regarded Asimov as an author who went in for deep philosophical insights. That is nice but unconfirmed idea that would glue parts together. Interesting idea from the comment here: "No doubt Estwald telepathically communicates to Selene". And humanity regardless of all the stupidity that happened initially later beat the para-Universe humans and find a win-win solution? What role it plays then in book? I see only this: to show that "gods themselves" were actually not that much developed and were actually rather cynical and egoistical. The second part is such a self-contained story with little connections with other two. And that creatures from para-Universe are totally fine with Sun exploding. The one who sent the message from para-Universe was opposed to the authorities. All the assumptions and guesses that are made by humans were correct and second part just confirms them: It doesn't actually provide any details for the story seen from the our universe. While I enjoyed the whole book I was thinking about role of the second part in the book. I recently finished "The Gods Themselves" by Isaac Asimov.
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