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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Service model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 15:47:42 -0600
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On 2/2/2025 9:52 AM, Scott Dorsey 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.
> --scott

I am years away from reading this book.  But, I have a plan.

Lynn