I heard the author read from this at Worldcon in Denver in 2008. It sounded interesting then. It wasn't so interesting a year later. Yes, it is a tribute to Heinlein, and I *like* most of Heinlein's works. However, I just couldn't get into this one.
I found the main character - an obsolete sex robot named Freya - to be rather dimwitted and annoying. I found the pages of explanation to be a distraction. It was almost as if it was a thinly veiled excuse to write a sf soft porno. I won't go into details as there are too many to cite.
Mostly I had to agree with my friend Gail's opinion: Disorganized As Usual.
I'm glad I got this one from the library and I see now why my local library didn't even bother stocking it - I had to get it from inter library loan.
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