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Title: Interesting idea, mediocre execution
Review: I like quite a bit of Pournelle's and Niven's other work, and this has an interesting concept, but it definitely drags. In addition, it has some irritating peculiarities with point of view, switching from character to character with little or no warning. The "big reveal" of the mystery is uninteresting, and the ending is unsatisfying. Heinlein's famous comment that this might be the best science fiction book he'd ever read is baffling; in my opinion, it's not even the best book that these two authors have written. Disappointing.
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