Expectedly from a writer of Frank Herbert's great competence, [Hellstrom's Hive] is fascinating reading, but one has the feeling that he got tired of it five-sixths of the way through, and let his drama get melo. (p. 39)

Theodore Sturgeon, in The New York Times Book Review (© 1974 by The New York Times Company; reprinted by permission), September 8, 1974.