>As for Ellis' book...well, perhaps I'm paranoid, but any time someone
>presents a gun as -inherently- evil rather than simply a tool whose
>user is what's good or evil, I immediately think of the gun control
>lobby. I'll skip the diatribe here, I'm sure it's all been heard
>before.
When you put it like that, it reminds me of Discworld. (Which is a good thing; you can never be reminded of Discworld too often.)