Set far in the future where social experiments need to bring long-lost space colonies to contemporary levels of technology. Written during the Cold War, this is ultimately an argument over which is better: capitalism or communism?

Interesting early example of post-apocalyptic fiction. Alternates between being enjoyable to dreadful. I think this is due to the writing style of the author, which is written in an almost poetic style with a very odd rhythm that makes it hard to scan.

Truly timeless. To think children's stories evolved from this to Pokemon makes one sad.

"Science fiction" in only the the broadest sense that it involves time-travel and alternate history. Lighthearted and surprisingly fun, makes it easy to overlook some of the consistencies.

An interesting premise to drive an otherwise boring story. Many jumbled and confusing scenes add to the overall dysfunction, and left this reader wishing this story would just end.

A tough nut, definitely not casual or light reading. The author makes a satire of class-based society using a geometrical context, and somehow, it works. You could probably read this several times continue to see new angles, if you'll excuse the pun!

Great short story.

Good short story, quick to read with a bizarre twist.

I understand a short story of this nature does not really lend to deep character development, but my word, every single character here is just plain annoying.

Typical Vonnegut, and that is not a bad thing.