Protektor by Charles Platt Protektor by Charles Platt 294 pages, Avon Books, New York. I had hopes that I would also enjoy his new book Protektor . Unfortunately, I was disappointed. The future described in Protektor is one where people are biologically immortal.
Interstellar travel is freely available, so there are limitless frontiers.
Every person has a right to a basic allotment of resources, allowing them to live a life of luxury and pleasure. Government is no longer oppressive, since it is run by huge computer systems which are programmed to be benevolent. These semi-intelligent computer systems, in partnership with their human helpers, are referred to as the Protektorate. Dispite this eden of almost limitless resources, people are still unhappy. Some people resent the power of the Protektorate and the constant benevolent watchfulness that it exerts on their lives.