News From Gardenia

A story set in a utopian future is certainly a nice change from the usual dystopian tales, but there is something to be said that things get a lot more interesting when the world's gone tits up.

I found this rather dull and a bit of a chore to get through. Nothing really happened, and all the characters were so boring. The protagonist didn't seem particularly bothered that everything he'd known and loved was gone forever, prefering to lust after pretty much the first female he met on arriving in this brave new world.

The story mostly consisted of a series of situations where a new invention or process arose, and then it was explained in depth for several pages.

This is the first in series of books, and the others sound a lot more promising. By the looks of things, this one was essentially purely building the world. I've already got the next one, so I'll give it a go.