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Title: Some good speculation about the future in a not-so-good story
Review: I loved most of the other books by Mr. Vinge. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for Rainbows End. The author clearly invested a lot of time in trying to figure out how the world may look like in a few tenths of years. In this, I believe he did well. The problem is, that all this insight and description (e.g., what is going to be taught in schools, the interconnectedness of the world, the superimposition of virtual to real views, etc) does not combine with a good and catching story.The first 4 pages of the book do primise something great - what unfortunately is not delivered in the rest of the book.
