Tonight I take a look at Kate Wilhelm's 1977 Hugo Award winning Novel. This novel also won the Locus and Jupiter award. Wonderful novel, and worthy Hugo Winner. I provide a plot overview, discuss what I liked, what I didn't like, whether it passed the test of time and I rank it on the Sci-Fi Shed's Hugo and Nebula award winning ladder.
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