"The same painting is pretty each time you look at it. The same dish is tasty each time you eat it. shouldn't the same joke be funny each time you hear it?"

A neat little novel, heavy on the SF as is Sawyer's wont. he's also a dab hand at the philosophy, though, and even squashed in the Canadian angle. This one was a little different from some of the others I've read, with much focus on the inter-species side of things, very much like a [a:James White|2614|Lora Leigh|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1211464290p2/2614.jpg] novel or series, it seemed at times. with a fascinating view of racial cooperation and a surprisingly captivating plot, it packs a moral punch whilst fixing the fans with their customary dose of hard science.