Definitely an entertaining and unique read... well, 2/3rds of it at least. The book moves along at a really odd pace and sometimes I felt like the author was wasting paper, trying to shove his wit down the reader's throat. Regardless, the story of Sissy Hankshaw and her hitchhiking thumbs was amusing and kept me turning the page. I really wish Robbins would have expanded on the whole 'Clockwork People living in the caves waiting for time to end' stuff and left out all the useless crap in the end. It seemed like the author suddenly realized that the story had run on too long, decides to waste some pages explaining that the story has run on too long, and then abruptly tries to tie all loose ends.