[The Neverending Story] offers levels of meaning—pure wishfulfillment, paradox and intrigue, a philosophy of fantastic creation. It is thoughtful and astonishing and—perhaps—above all—glowing with warmth and love. It deserves its status abroad, and it deserves as much again here. (p. 166)

Tom Easton, in a review of "The Neverending Story," in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Vol. CIX, No. 2, February, 1984, pp. 165-66.