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Updike's take on a sci-fi dystopian future is pretty much exactly what I expected of this novel. As we've come to expect from Updike, the prose is no less than superb and the narrator is a classic, self-absorbed Updikian misogynist, but there are some ridiculous holes in his sci-fi future that are hard to overlook. For example: The book was published in 1997 and takes place in the not-so-distant future of 2020. Would it have been that difficult to imagine a future where computers are wireless and entertainment technology has moved beyond VHS tapes? Regardless of its predictive shortcomings, this is a novel that deserves much more respect than it has received. The dystopian wreck of a future was the result of a Sino-American nuclear war, and anyone who is keeping tabs on foreign affairs and the rise of China should recognize just how frighteningly realistic Updike's prophecy looks ten years later. Also, while dystopian sci-fi is hardly a new genre, Updike managed to give the old species a literary bent nearly ten years before Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" ignited the current trend of apocalyptic literary fiction. Bottom line: If you dig Updike, Sci-fi or just spending an afternoon thinking about how terribly wrong the future might end up, this book is probably worth your time.
