![]() ![]() Putting aside for the moment some amusement about a member of the Mercer family being sent to eternal punishment for treasonous crimes, this is an excellent examination of the notion of retribution, and of the cruelty and humanity that organically arise within any system of justice. The highlight of the collection is the final story, A Planet Named Shayol. ![]() ![]() They say that fifty thousand a year were killed on the roads alone. Think of the millions of vehicles that ran on those roads, the people filled with greed and rage and hate, rushing past each other with their engines on fire. So much of it is so dated or so innocent that one gets caught off-guard by the occasional critique of modern life: Don't think about the roads. Pretty odd stuff, a lot of it downright silly - like the existence of mind-destroying monsters in the space between stars, and mankind's use of cats to combat them. ![]()
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