The way this novel's setting is constructed is fairly unconventional - snippets ostensibly from various sources are presented to you without context or discussion, then another chapter advances the main plot, then another chapter is a "closeup" of some set-piece anecdote with characters that may or may not ever be mentioned again.
The future imagined by this writer is one heavily influenced by eugenics and "tectogenetics" and AI; written in 1968, we're already fulfilling quite a bit of it.
The way this novel's setting is constructed is fairly unconventional - snippets ostensibly from various sources are presented to you without context or discussion, then another chapter advances the main plot, then another chapter is a "closeup" of some set-piece anecdote with characters that may or may not ever be mentioned again.
The future imagined by this writer is one heavily influenced by eugenics and "tectogenetics" and AI; written in 1968, we're already fulfilling quite a bit of it.
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