The plot is quite a challenging one, where effectively actors appear to be sent to worlds to recreate historical and fictional dramas as a means to give the populace something else to think about rather than how bad their lives were. This predates streaming services and I doubt it would be written in today's world. Back in the 1970s though there were only a few channels and programmes ended at midnight and started again around 8am, so I guess with that context this plot makes some kind of sense.
I didn't really connect with the lead character, Spingarn, which resulted in my not really connecting with the book.
Not sure what else Brian N Ball has written but I think there's where he failed here.
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