Dom Salabos had a lot of advantages.

As heir to a huge fortune he had an excellent robot servant (with Man-Friday subcircuitry), a planet (the First Syrian Bank) as a godfather, a security chief who even ran checks on himself, and on Dom's home world even death was not always fatal.

Why then, in an age when prediction was a science, was his future in doubt?

The style of this book is nothing like the Discworld novels. It is a much more thoughtful, laid-back pace that still has the same mischievious sense of fun. I enjoyed this book thoroughly and would have no hesitation in recommending it to anybody who enjoys good SF.

Now on it's way to my summer NSS partner

I've been feeling a little down and sorry for myself these last couple of days. No more not that i have opened my BCUK NSSSS 2006 parcel. This was teh second Terry Pratchett book out of the SIX! books that were in the parcel.

I am always a little disappointed when I struggle with a book, especially when it is a book I particularly want to read. The disappointment is at least three-fold when it is an author I know I like all of their other work. I read the book, I didn't care about the storyline and I just felt complelled to finish it because it was a Terry Pratchett book. I kept thinking it was very like Douglas Adams, until I checked the publishing dates. Perhaps Douglas Adams is like Terry Pratchett, rahter than the other way around.

I am going to pop this book into a bookbox I need to pass on as the next recipient is trying to read all of Terry Pratchett's books too.

Chosen from a book box that passed my way.Thankyou all involved xxx

Found in a box of books after moving house.
Keeping for now