It's just that thick with goodness. I'm trying to get over my long-standing aversion to serialized fiction, just for this volume. This is one of those. I managed to get distracted away from this one, but I'm sure, not for long. I resolved a few years ago to read everything this man has written.
Shame is just the latest.
I'm making room for it, slowly. So here they are, for now. To boot, these days I lack the stomach for Tepper's more hardcore feminist preaching. For years and years, this was it, the best fiction ever. If you've read it, you'll know why instantly.