Title: My least favorite Barton to date. Caveat lector
Product review: ____________________________________________Here's yet another caveat lector for Alpha Centauri.I just barely finshed it - my least favorite Barton to date. The uglysexual contortions and unlikeable characters outweigh the finewriting and clever plotting -- and the "wayback machine" was abit much, though cloaked in clever bafflegab. See theimpressive set of review excerpts and reader comments that follow-- no sign of hype or puffery here.Good for Ammy -- I might not have bothered with this turkey ifI'd looked here first (doh). Sample: A reader from New Jersey,September 12, 1998: "This book is the first science fiction novel Ihave thrown away after reading in more than twenty years..."Oh well. Maybe next time. If you missed it, try Barton's "WhenHeaven Fell" for a bleak, sexy dystopia done right -- his best todate, IMO. I've read it three times now, and finally posted a review here, which see.Happy reading (something else!)--Pete Tillman
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