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Title: A Disappointment
Review: A Disappointment. P. D. James delivers a fascinating premise -- a near future in which the human race has become infertile and is going extinct. And she goes nowhere with it. It would be nice to see her go in a standard Science Fiction direction, exploring the psychological, sociological, and political implications of this change. (And she does some of this, and does it well. But it's not nearly enough.) If she didn't like the standard route, she could have used the premise as a backdrop for exploring character. She doesn't. I barely remember who the characters were or why they did what they did. Add to all this a trite and abrupt ending. It distresses me whenever a book like this comes along -- amazing concept but poor execution. All I can think is, now no one will ever do it RIGHT.
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