Linda B. reviewed on 6/22/2012 + 149 more book reviews

To my way of thinking, this is one of John Brunner's best books ever....I have read it multiple times over since it was first published in 1972.

I grade fiction using two metrics...is it good enough to have kept my interest until the end of a first reading and secondly, did I like it enough to keep the book (or buy it) and re-read it again some years later. This one has made the grade and has earned a permanent place on my shelves.

The writing style veers more to the normal "paragraph and chapter" and this makes the book easier to read than his earlier "Stand on Zanzibar" which contains many abrupt sentences that are left to stand completely on their own.

I won't give the plot line away other than to say that it is an early view of " a possible future" and can compete with any "apocalytic" story line.

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