If this book had just had an unenjoyable lack of interesting characters, unenjoyable narration, and a completely dry plot... I could have given this a 3 star for the pure impact on the science fiction community. But then one realizes if he hadn't been there, someone else could have had the "impact" that is credited to him. So given the sexism, racism, and libertarian ideals of this book I cannot in any good conscious give this a higher rating then I am. I am giving it 0.5 because I was able to at least push through for the sake of participating in my book club and being able to give it the rating it deserves. 

What I loved: 
- It has a great title.... but it was titled by his editor. 
- Everyone was of mixed race and it is portrayed in a positive manner most of the time. 
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Mike, the AI, was at some point given suction cups to use so that he could read physical books which was adorable

What I liked: 
 - Medium spoiler:

Mike overall was very cute and funny until the point where the revolution truly began

 
- The author created a type of creole that the whole book is written in. It is innovative even if unenjoyable to read.
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Mike's very apparent interest in jokes and the idea of "one time funny" or "all the time funny" gives a great lead into the idea that the plot might just be one big joke. This alongside the the light (but never fully explored) poking at the idea that computers cannot be fully trusted gives an interesting idea that maybe Mike's interest in the revolution is all one big joke.

What I hated: 
- The book is one big exposition. It just keeps info dumping after we meet two of the main side characters. It is dry, boring, and way to much telling and no showing. It feels in many ways like reading "terms and conditions". 
- It was overly boring in the way it chose to present the entire story. 1) There was no tension at any point in the book.

We are given "odds" for the likelihood of the revolution succeeding, but often after the fact of various events and it is the idea of tension. It doesn't provide any real tension because the book consistently is being told as "the history of the revolution" so we know where things are going.

2) No characters are made dimensional or interesting enough for one to care about them.

The main female character we are given is an archetype of a pretty blonde that the hero will get as a prize in the end for existing and for acknowledging to some level her basic humanity. She is a prop. The main character is just a guy who "goes with the flow" and never has any personality of his own other then "funny and friend of Mike and revolution". Another main character is just the authors self insert and is just spouting political nonsense that the author thinks is pure genius.

3) Some interesting ideas pop up and are just never explored for more boring explanations that go on for pages. 
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Main side characters dying at the end just after announcing the revolution won was ridiculous and laughable if I wasn't so bored at that point

 
- The "Feminism" 1) Women are constantly just there to provide and hand things to the men. 2) Women's boobs are mentioned an ungodly amount... 3) Women's autonomy is only due to how valuable they are to men as a limited commodity that must be preserved. 4) Women's role in almost every aspect of the books is to ask "silly questions that are smart only in that they allow the men to think further through things" and as "sex objects." 5) Author incorporates underage women to such an extent that it is highly uncomfortable and is presented in a way where it thinks you should be fine with it as a reader. 6) It would have been better the author just forgot women existed (like Asimov usually did). 
- Racism is just bad and this book tries to present very intense, objectifying and cartoonish black face as reasonable and fine. I get the times it was written in.... but not all books from the 1960's or earlier incorporated this and it just is disgusting and ages like milk. Also the person doing blackface is praised for her looks most when she stripes herself of the black face and presents again as a beautiful white woman... which undermines the one point I liked where everyone was mixed... because it clearly reads as being closer to white is better even if "others" are accepted. Then all over the place there are little racist phrases like, "Life has never been sacred in Africa." Just ew.
- I could go into it for ever... but the homophobia. The author goes out of his way to ensure that people know gay sex is a last resort only if women aren't available and that it is never considered proper. It just reeks of "no homo, I swear" while trying to also portray itself as considering a sexually liberated future. 
- Full spoiler:

There was no point to the revolution... it was artificially created, egged on and aided only by help of the super computer AI character, and it was so very stupid in how it ended and went nowhere.