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5.0
I liked this book very much. Mitchison's view of the future is really interesting, and very like Roddenberry's. It's all about equality and non-violent exploration, although the memoir does cover moments of violence because those are some of the things that stand out in what Mary remembers from her long life. I thought the sections about laboratory animals was particularly interesting, since in this future animals can be communicated with and can therefor give meaningful consent to experiments (and just as importantly, withhold consent).
It's written as a memoir, so it doesn't have a plot the way a novel does. The intro even apologizes for that. But I didn't have any trouble getting into the story, and enjoyed the way Mitchison used the framing.
It's written as a memoir, so it doesn't have a plot the way a novel does. The intro even apologizes for that. But I didn't have any trouble getting into the story, and enjoyed the way Mitchison used the framing.
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