“Dayworld” by Philip José Farmer

Farmer has a strange and creative imagination, but in this case he created something so unlikely that I had to work very hard to suspend disbelief.

Would you believe that people everywhere will voluntarily agree to live only one day a week? I think that the number of cheaters would be so high as to make the system unworkable. After you get over this hump, the book is enjoyable. As always with Farmer, there is a lot of action and stuff going on – not a dull moment.

I wonder whether he intended this book as a sort of warning. Not as forceful as Orwell’s “1984″ but a warning nevertheless. I had this thought while reading the book. The basic assumption seems extremely implausible, but who knows? In any case, I enjoyed the book.

Of course, not everybody agrees with me. A good example is at http://www.pjfarmer.com/reviews.htm#dayw