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Title: Work, not play
Review: At the risk of appearing too dense to appreciate this book, I must submit that the 3 rave reviews- which constitute its present entire coverage here- are *not* describing what I experienced from this book. I am an avid science fiction reader, averaging 10-15 titles each year. Still, my reading is my primary recreation, and I do not willingly subject myself to books such as this one. The plot line is *so* convoluted, and *so* impossibly imbedded in abstractions of dimension and mathematics that I was tempted to write a chart to keep some organization of the first 100 pages. Then I realized that the book was not an assignment- it was a choice! Too much work, too little pay off. Having just finished re-reading Vinge's last 2 novels, colorful, whole-world operas which took me to a wonderful place, I had no intention of swallowing Garfinkle's castor oil.Don't get this just to flatter your intelligence.
