Rating: 
Summary: Not the best book ever writtten, but OK
Review: This isn't a great book, for a great book by a Trek author check out _A Stitch in Time_ by Andrew Robinson, but it is one I am glad I read. I hope Burton continues to write, he has some cool ideas in this book. I heard about this book in _Dark Matter_ an anthology of amazing sf by African-Americans.So, this book is not racist as other reviewers say, though if you are, you may not like the book. It's not a book written only for Black folks as other reviewers also say. It's a quest book in a dystopian near-future. The dystopia Burton presents seems very real to me: there *will be* a major earthquake on the New Madrid fault which would mess up everything from New Orleans to Chicago. It may happen this year or it may happen in 100 years, but it's going to happen. I hope we're going to have an African-American president soon. If he were assassinated, I could imagine cities exploding in racial violence. While the characters are somewhat flat and one is pretty non-existant, it's worth a few bucks or to borrow from the library. It definately adds to the body of African-Americans writing sf.
(And it's dedicated to his wife, children and mother, not Octavia Butler. Who writes her own near-future dystopias.)
Rating:
Summary: Not the best book ever writtten, but OK
Review: This isn't a great book, for a great book by a Trek author check out _A Stitch in Time_ by Andrew Robinson, but it is one I am glad I read. I hope Burton continues to write, he has some cool ideas in this book. I heard about this book in _Dark Matter_ an anthology of amazing sf by African-Americans. So, this book is not racist as other reviewers say, though if you are, you may not like the book. It's not a book written only for Black folks as other reviewers also say. It's a quest book in a dystopian near-future. The dystopia Burton presents seems very real to me: there *will be* a major earthquake on the New Madrid fault which would mess up everything from New Orleans to Chicago. It may happen this year or it may happen in 100 years, but it's going to happen. I hope we're going to have an African-American president soon. If he were assassinated, I could imagine cities exploding in racial violence. While the characters are somewhat flat and one is pretty non-existant, it's worth a few bucks or to borrow from the library. It definately adds to the body of African-Americans writing sf.
(And it's dedicated to his wife, children and mother, not Octavia Butler. Who writes her own near-future dystopias.)
Rating:
Summary: Still on my mind
Review: When I read this book a year ago, I considered it not much more than a good try. HOWEVER, a year later I still find myself thinking about Levar Burton's vision of our future. So here's to you, Mr. Burton, for having written what has ultimately proven for me to be an influential book.
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