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vortimer's review against another edition
2.0
Odd satire on Missionary work and colonialism, the first third is somewhat readable, but really loses it after that. The conclusion really brings home the moral bankruptcy of the unlikeable narrator. There's an odd sequence which predicts the future of humanity as slaves of what is basically AI's, perhaps the first? but if you're looking for late Victorian sci fi, there's a lot better out there.
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