Rosenblum, Mary -- Horizons
Political dynasties slug it out against a backdrop of rebellious
orbital city-habitats. I was set to like the politics, which are quite
solid on the personal level -- rumor, Net innuendo, and the power of
local organizing playing out against each other. However, the larger
political scale turned out to be stupid, with the big plot set in
motion by a pointless boogeyman/strawman group. The biology was stupid
too -- magical wonderkids evolve in zero gravity. (Bonus points for
constantly using them as a plot touchstone: good guys love them, bad
guys hate them. Baby Sue?)
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