"A dense, symmetrical symphony in which no note goes unsounded." – New York Times Book Review
"Magnificent...Powers's characters are fascinating, brilliant, eccentric people...but beyond that is the ability to induce the reader to see the world differently, revealed in a new light." – San Francisco Chronicle
"The Gold Bug Variations is the most important and intellectually challenging American novel published this year." – Philadelphia Inquirer
"Eloquent and fascinating... The Gold Bug Variations is a rambling, playful, lush, vain, bold and mighty worthwhile lap breaker." – Chicago Tribune
"Deeply enriching...challenging and original." – Publishers Weekly