@travisfw i read this a long time ago, when i was a different person and the world was a different place. i'm pretty sure i enjoyed it. in recent years i haven't gone near it, nor other books i read at the time, nor the people who still love the sci-fi of this era. the books wouldn't reflect me any more in the same way this wasn't digestible to you… and there is far too much in the world that hasn't changed, or that had even started to change and reversed course.