This sat on my bookshelf for years before I cracked it open. Then I kicked myself for waiting so long.
Varley’s reworking of the classic Front Page has several unique twists, not the least of which makes the character Hildy Johnson a tabloid reporter on the moon. Hildy, like other citizens, switches back and forth from male to female. Uh huh.
He/She is trying to figure out how paradise can be so depressing, providing the reader with simultaneous laughs and moments of introspection. That’s a killer combination. But then, science fiction has always found ways to do both.
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