A review by smiorganbaldhead
Past Master by R.A. Lafferty

3.0

This book can be hard to follow, particular in the early chapters and the very end. The journey through space and time in particular is very trippy. I didn’t particularly enjoy it at first, but I liked the middle chapters well enough to make my overall impression mildly favorable. I especially enjoyed seeing several points where this book might have inspired elements of the TV series Futurama, including suicide booths, robotic killers of people who step out of line, and a long series of rulers who always die quickly after taking the throne. The ending is confusing, but the more I think about it, the more I like it.