Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Steel Beach - John Varley

Those human type people have been given the boot from their original home planet. They now live on various other bodies in space, both natural and artificial.

A Central Computer runs things for people, and diseases, longevity and other issues are no problem for the technology available to fix.

The plot here is that despite this nice place to live, people are topping hemselves, so why?

Amusing at times, offering a commentary on the possibility that people need something to do.

3 out of 5

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