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<blockquote data-quote="Wofano Wotanto" data-source="post: 9268354" data-attributes="member: 7044704">Hope you enjoy it.&nbsp; I suspect it doesn't get more buzz because it may be getting mis-categorized as YA scifi, which it really isn't.&nbsp; A teen certainly could read and enjoy it, and the protags are fairly young and have to deal with older characters (the ship's ranking officers) as opposition figures, but it's serious speculative fiction with reasonably firm science and none of the angsty YA stuff in sight.&nbsp; The plot is involved and twisty enough to occupy an adult all by itself, and that's without unpacking unearthly cultural norms that really never get an explicit exposition dump explaining them.I've lost count of Stout re-reads over the years. Tend to grab a Wolfe book whenever I feel the need to read some really well-written dialog.&nbsp; Just plain a soothing comfort read at this point, like Wodehouse or Jack Vance.&nbsp; Although I do wish Dol Bonner had gotten more page time.&nbsp; She deserved more than one novel of her own.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Big fan personally, although I slightly prefer Raymond Chandler in that sub-sub-sub-genre.&nbsp; Almost mandatory reading for mystery buffs and fans of crime/detective pulp, of which I am both.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wofano Wotanto, post: 9268354, member: 7044704"] Hope you enjoy it. I suspect it doesn't get more buzz because it may be getting mis-categorized as YA scifi, which it really isn't. A teen certainly could read and enjoy it, and the protags are fairly young and have to deal with older characters (the ship's ranking officers) as opposition figures, but it's serious speculative fiction with reasonably firm science and none of the angsty YA stuff in sight. The plot is involved and twisty enough to occupy an adult all by itself, and that's without unpacking unearthly cultural norms that really never get an explicit exposition dump explaining them. I've lost count of Stout re-reads over the years. Tend to grab a Wolfe book whenever I feel the need to read some really well-written dialog. Just plain a soothing comfort read at this point, like Wodehouse or Jack Vance. Although I do wish Dol Bonner had gotten more page time. She deserved more than one novel of her own. :) Big fan personally, although I slightly prefer Raymond Chandler in that sub-sub-sub-genre. Almost mandatory reading for mystery buffs and fans of crime/detective pulp, of which I am both. [/QUOTE]

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