City of Truth, by Morrow, James

For my money, humor and SF rarely mix well. And its not that I think that the average SF author is too dumb to pull off a good one. Just the opposite actually, as I think that this genre gives us some of the smartest authors. Its just that the best SF to me looks at serious social issues, and humor deflects attention from evaluation of the themes. I do like some authors who use humor. Robert Sheckley and William Tenn come to mind immediately. But there is also James Morrow. He's sti[…]

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