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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Another interesting set of short stories, but without any overall story arc or links as in City.
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That's rather typical for Simak. He often leaves things hanging. Some mysteries unexplained. He encourages the reader to meditate and explore his book's themes. Promotes critical thinking with human emotions even for his dog and robot characters. His
Way Station is a really good novel.
Finished
This Perfect Day by the late Ira Levin. Not much sci-fi happening but he does consider what constitutes a perfect life. What is perfection? Happiness? The efforts one spends to achieve it or your expectation of it. I found it interesting if a bit wordy at 316 pages. Rated C- [2 stars].
Next is David Webers' Mutineer's Moon. Book one of the Dahak trilogy. This is my first attempt with Weber.