A non-review of ANATHEM, PLAYER OF GAMES, ENDLESS THINGS

This is not a book review. This is me wondering if I have gotten too old or too over-read to read SF books any more. The last three SF books (or SF-flavored books) I read were very well written, the product of enormous craft and talent on the part of the authors (whom any honest judge will tell you are more talented than yours truly), and yet, by the time I reached the end, I felt either indifferent, disappointed, or cheated.

Honestly, I doubt that my disappointment is due to any defect on the p