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From: wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman)
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Subject: Re: (Review) The Just City  (Thessaly, volume 1) by Jo Walton
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:14:34 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <vapsdh$efq$1@reader1.panix.com>,
James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>The Just City  (Thessaly, volume 1) by Jo Walton 
>
>Two gods endeavouring to make Plato's unworkable government 
>reality encounter difficulties.

I have this whole series on paper but never got around to reading it.
Walton's been pretty hit-or-miss for me, ever since THE KING'S PEACE,
which I adored, and its sequal which I thought was pretty meh.  I
liked her review collection WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK SO GREAT, and I
always felt like I ought to get more into her work than I actually
did.

-GAWollman

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