It's been a long time since I last re-read it, but it was certainly an old favourite. Certainly it's a reflection of the culture it was written in - even as altready mentioned ahead of it's times in some respects, but I don't think we should be imposing our current views on older books and dismissing them because of it - how many modern books would be dismissed by those in the future for featuring excessive oil use for example!
A fun read. It never inspired me to read the rest of his works though, are they better, the same or failing in inspiration?
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