Title: Worlds Apart
Author: Richard Cowper
First Publication: 1974
I am always torn over whether or not to use a rating system. Two sites I like, Stainless Steel Droppings and SF Review, both use ratings. I tend to look at them for an idea of how the reviewer compares the story to other works. The hard part for me is deciding whether a book is a six or a seven (for example) on a scale of one to ten. Stick around for the end of this review and I will tie this into my thoughts on this book.
Richard Cowper is an author I always wanted to read. “The Road to Corlay” and other novels came highly recommended in the magazines of the seventies. I was looking at his entry in SF Gateway and discovered this book. I had never heard of it before. The summary reminded me of something that Philip K. Dick would have written so I bought it on my Kindle Fire.
