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Review title: Some Interesting ideas, but...
Product review: Overall it was an effort to finish reading because I repeatedly had little sense of direction for the novel. Characters come and go and the main character Hildy often does things, such as change sexes, that only seem like gimmicks. Many times he skips around to an overindulgent and annoying extent. I didn't find him overly sympathetic or interesting. However, It is interesting to think that people and even a supercomputer could become depressed as life becomes too easy as everything is taken care of down to morning breath. This is the only Varley book I've read to date. I get the sense from the way many chapters read like episodes, he may be a better short story writer.
