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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Lacks credibility., June 24, 2001
In Van Vogt's better works ,you believe whatever you read ,no matter how incredulous. In this book however ,something does'nt work ,too far-feched.Peter Grayson ,is a man in a world dominated by women. Men can't drive ,can't have real-astate property ,and so on. All men are going through a procedure ,when they're 16yr old ,that weakens their eye-sight ,and are given spectacles ,that cause the aggresiveness of males to disapear. All that is because an all powerfull race-the Utt ,decided ,after examining the human race ,that all the major problems are traceable to the human male behaviour. Grayson is freed from his spectacles accidentally ,and becomes involved with the males underground ,as well as with the Utt official on earth. In all ,not really bad like "The book of Ptath" for instance ,but not as idea filled as other books by Van Vogt ,and his usually wonderfull sociological theories of behavioral patterns ,are inclined toward chauvinism this time. I would'nt recommend this book as a first Van Vogt.
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