Ratings2
Average rating3.5
Some rather nice ideas that never quite come off, and that basically come down to your classic mad computer (as is fairly obvious from almost the beginning). The story is fundamentally about the effects of violence and the supposed futility of trying to suppress it. The end result, of course, is that it's pretty violent itself, which rather (ahem) colours the impression it gives. It's not actively dull, though, and it works moderately well for what it's trying to do.