In the Drift

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Summary: A Mummer's Delight
Review: If you are from Philadelphia, or know anything about Philly, read this book! If you were here during the TMI crisis, believe me, you will get it. But I guess I can understand people from out of town not understanding what it is all about. Its about the Mummers, stupid! No other books that I know of so adequately takes the Philadelphia proletarian New Years holiday and projects it into an alternative radioactive present. It is the Kiss of the Killer Mummers. Glue some feathers to your Geiger Counter! Mummer up your plastic booties! Oh! Dem Golden Slippers, indeed!

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Summary: A good fluff book.
Review: This is a fast read and very easy to understand, but, contrary to my sci-fi class's belief, I consider it mind candy. The futuristic ideas seem well thought out and almost plausible, but as for the actual details, it seems like Swanwick had a little TOO much fun with it. The details of sex between the mutated creatures was repulsive to say the least, and it kept me from taking the book seriously. It's almost pure fluff... Like combining a romance novel and an old black and white "horror" movie. This can be good or bad, depending on the type of science fiction a reader enjoys.