Perhaps for a story written in the 1930's I should be a little more forgiving but this book had flashes of brilliance but those moments were too few and far between to make me really interested in it. When the story shifted to New Mexico I think my enthusiasm dropped and never recovered. In concept this was a strong story but the execution didn't appeal to me.

The book is over 80 years old and science fiction and dystopian works have come a long way, and perhaps without this book there wouldn't be others that I enjoy so much, but for me I think I will stick to the more modern works.