A book ultimately about future California water policy and alternative future economic systems! Tailor-made for my kind of nerd. And I did enjoy it, just not nearly as much as I could have.

I keep wanting to like KSR's books, and this is another one in that vein: some interesting ideas; a compelling setting; characters that I initially find compelling; and ultimately it just all goes off the rails for me with a somewhat unsatisfying ending and characters who are well-drawn yet never really develop.