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    From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 2 15:52:28 2025
    I think James Nicoll reviewed this here which is what got me to read it.
    Unlike him, I thought it was too long... it could have been cut down by
    20% or so by a good editor and been a tighter and stronger book. But I
    stll enjoyed the story of a robot and his friend traversing an apocalyptic landscape after all the humans (well, most of them) were gone. The ending
    was mostly a surprise and tied everything up nicely. Occasionally I felt
    like I was in a Philip K. Dick world that had been watered down for greater realism. I liked the book but not as much as _Made Things_. I wouldn't
    give this a Hugo but I am sure there are others who would.
    --scott
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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to Scott Dorsey on Sun Feb 2 17:01:38 2025
    In article <vno4bs$h6v$1@panix2.panix.com>,
    Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
    I think James Nicoll reviewed this here which is what got me to read it. >Unlike him, I thought it was too long... it could have been cut down by
    20% or so by a good editor and been a tighter and stronger book. But I
    stll enjoyed the story of a robot and his friend traversing an apocalyptic >landscape after all the humans (well, most of them) were gone. The ending >was mostly a surprise and tied everything up nicely. Occasionally I felt >like I was in a Philip K. Dick world that had been watered down for greater >realism. I liked the book but not as much as _Made Things_. I wouldn't
    give this a Hugo but I am sure there are others who would.

    Not me. I reviewed Alien Clay.
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