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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Service model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Date: 2 Feb 2025 15:52:28 -0000
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I think James Nicoll reviewed this here which is what got me to read it.  
Unlike him, I thought it was too long... it could have been cut down by
20% or so by a good editor and been a tighter and stronger book.  But I
stll enjoyed the story of a robot and his friend traversing an apocalyptic
landscape after all the humans (well, most of them) were gone.  The ending
was mostly a surprise and tied everything up nicely.  Occasionally I felt
like I was in a Philip K. Dick world that had been watered down for greater
realism.  I liked the book but not as much as _Made Things_.  I wouldn't
give this a Hugo but I am sure there are others who would.
--scott
-- 
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."