It turns out that this is a sequel - and a copy of the predecessor is in a warehouse along with the vast majority of my other books. So that is mildly irritating but not the book's fault...Reading this book I was quickly and persistently reminded of [b:The Great Book of Amber|5367|The Great Book of ...
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It was rather unfair of Kurt Vonnegut to make Kilgore Trout's name refer to Theodore Sturgeon, who by the standards of pulp SF writers was actually pretty good. Maybe he just couldn't think of a witty pun based on Philip José Farmer, who was the real deal. Farmer had a thousand great ideas, and, jus...