<p>
If the title carries meaning for you, you are, arguably, the intended
audience.</p>
<p>
I found the main story to be a fun little meta-fictive romp, and not a
lot else. In tone it very much reminded me of his earlier novel, <em>Agent
to the Stars</em>–deeply aware of, if only to have fun with, genre
conventions. As utterly unconcerned with the "science" part of "science
fiction" as its purported source material.</p>
<p>
I guess you could say this was my "rebound book" after the heavy
commitment of King's <em>Dark Tower</em> books. As it is a novella, I suppose
it really just constitutes a fling, which seems about right.</p>
<p>
John Scalzi goes all omniscient-third-person-+which is a departure from
the "Old Man's War" series, which is basically everything of his that
I've read-+ on this tale of betrayal. It's a fun, fairly light read. You
can infer all sorts of Deep Thought About Religion if you so choose, but
I think that might be going a little far.</p>