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1.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing,
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This review is from: Children of Tomorrow (Paperback)
The author of Slan, Null-A and the The Weapon Shops of Isher has done better, and for a book published in 1970 its vision of a future society is flat, simplistic and sexist. John Lane is the commander an earth ship returning years late as he has been dodging an alien fleet trying not to lead it back to the home planet. Unfortunately he has failed an a pair of scouts, a father and son, have infiltrated the Spaceport with the goal of learning more about humanity with an eye to determining our strengths and weaknesses. These two are interesting. The son has disguised himself in a suit that makes him look like a human, and has used his mental abilities to convince a couple that he is their runaway son who has returned. The father is a disembodied projection who can spy almost without detection. In this culture men go out to the stars leaving women alone at home to look after the children. Apparently they are not quite up to it and the children have self organized into "outfits" whose members monitor themselves for the purpose maintaining right and chaste behaviour, and censoring parents who are too controlling. This rubs Commander Lane the wrong way and puts him at odds both with his wife and daughter and ultimately the outfits. For a futurist Van Vogt missed trends such as women joining the workplace and teen rebellion and created a world that owed more to the 50s than the 70s and he is definitely uncomfortable and uptight when writing about sex and relationships between men and women. Lane is coldly manipulative towards his family and an unsympathetic lead character. Nor does he seem to understand teenage children. Useful if you are intent on reading everything that Van Vogt has written.
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