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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: Service model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 17:01:38 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <vno4bs$h6v$1@panix2.panix.com>,
Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
>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.

Not me. I reviewed Alien Clay. 
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