Chris
I’m so bummed. This one has been on my to-read list for years. To my delight, I found it tucked away in a used bookstore. The reviews plastered all over the cover are glowing – it’s a Hugo and Nebula Award Winner! I bought it and took it home, and immediately started reading.
I am not feeling the love for this one. I really had to work to finish this rather short book. It’s not particularly funny ha ha… mildly amusing, perhaps? The world-building was interesting. The style of writing made for some confusion and heavier wading than I was expecting. The pacing is weird – then I figured out it was published in serial form, so I could forgive some of that oddness. And, it’s a product of its time – so it’s just so very many many men (even the aliens are men) and the two women that crop up either are either the sex interest or in need of being rescued.
I’m so bummed. This one has been on my to-read list for years. To my delight, I found it tucked away in a used bookstore. The reviews plastered all over the cover are glowing – it’s a Hugo and Nebula Award Winner! I bought it and took it home, and immediately started reading.
I am not feeling the love for this one. I really had to work to finish this rather short book. It’s not particularly funny ha ha… mildly amusing, perhaps? The world-building was interesting. The style of writing made for some confusion and heavier wading than I was expecting. The pacing is weird – then I figured out it was published in serial form, so I could forgive some of that oddness. And, it’s a product of its time – so it’s just so very many many men (even the aliens are men) and the two women that crop up either are either the sex interest or in need of being rescued.