"Interest in constellations and their lore has enjoyed a growing vogue.Yet, there remains a need for quality popular works, ones that are comprehensive and well balanced. The New Patterns in the Sky.fills this need admirably. Looking at the current [edition of The New Patterns in the Sky, I can appreciate what a major effort it was; to cover the subject comprehensively would require a multivolume work. But Staal chose his samplings well, from the familiar to the exotic. Neat and accurate star maps depict the constellations with outline figures." -- George Lovi, Sky and Telescope, January 1989 "This is the best book now available on this material and well worth owning.

" -- The Griffith Observer, 1989 The narrative is lively; the book most readable. The illustrations are the best this reviewer has seen for showing the novice the very perspective he will have from earth. -- The Classical Outlook, December-January, 1988-1989.