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I have no interest in scientific nuts and bolts as story-telling, probably a large (but not the only) reason I don't care for science fiction, but social and economic underpinnings to a story can trip me up.
That said, I will admit that I probably got too caught up in what I referred to earlier as the slight framework for this story which I thought couldn't bear the weight of whatever Ishiguro was trying to express, that is, that there wasn't enough story so it was far too easy to project anything at all onto it. A form of parable, if I can make that comparison.
But the discussion has caused me to appreciate more the language and the indirection used by Ishiguro to tell his story, so I need to step back a bit and not get so caught up in the minutiae. However, I still don't think his "point," if it can be called that, is all that interesting nor is the means he's using to tell it compelling enough for me. It needed to be one or the other - a fresh concept or a story that was more than a schooldays romantic triangle at base.
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