Drinking Sapphire Wine | 
so-so(1976) This is a sequel to "Don't Bite the Sun," set in a city where all needs are met by machines, and youth spend their days in sex, drugs, and parties. In this one our narrator is exiled from the city for reviving dueling. But outside the city she thrives, and the city cannot tolerate her success.
Mixed feelings: The writing is engaging and the characters interesting, but the binary city = oppression, rural life = freedom feels false to me.
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