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What Members Thought
This was very different from what I expected. It read like a classic SF book from my youth (seventies & eighties), but had a lot of casual drop-ins that read very differently today. There are the four movie stars traveling with their producer/director, who turn out to be porn movie makers, who also turn out to be young teenagers. And yet the director is honestly trying to do his best for them -- there just aren't a lot of other options available. Moral complicity is sort of the theme -- there is
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I'm waffling between three and four stars for this book. On the plus side, it was very evocatively written, I loved the characters, and it had some extremely original ideas. On the con side, however, there were many points in the book where I wanted to shout, "Oh come ON! Stop being so naive and DO YOUR JOB!" because people kept ignoring clear threats and acting on partial information. However, it was a fun story, and a good introduction to James Tiptree Jr.. I will read more by her.
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Celebrated author writes convoluted and deus ex machina supported drivel. A child pornographer is the hero and child torture/murder is a primary plot device.
Horrible. Or as a character in the story might say in their goofy, and annoying, 1930s space adventurer lingo, "Yucko."
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Horrible. Or as a character in the story might say in their goofy, and annoying, 1930s space adventurer lingo, "Yucko."
Do not read. ...more
Feb 16, 2017
Jennifer
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Jan 01, 2023
Jennifer
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Jan 04, 2023
Leesa
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