By: Solon and Thanks

The narrative was a little clunky, but gosh. Amazing thought experiment. Maybe the first utopia/dystopia I've read where I can't decide if it really IS a dystopia. I think the author did a great job maintaing that balance; glad he didn't go for a twist ending to undermine that. The line in the last chapter about creating God was pretty spot-on. Could have used a lot less wankery about how the "magic" system works; just seemed like a giant unnecessary wink to computer programmers.