Aaron Deskins wrote:

> As mentioned, I'm not THS or cyberpunk guru, but my impression from
> the book was that these great things exist, but so many people live
> dreary, unhappy lives with slavery, drug-addiction, etc. being common
> place.

THS promotes itself as a generally optimistic view of the future, in 
contrast to most Cyberpunks settings which are explicitly dystopian. 
But it's not a complete utopia either; utopias tend not to make very 
exciting adventure settings.

The trouble I have with THS is that it's a big sprawling setting with no 
real focus. Sure, there's a lot of stuff for PCs to do, but it doesn't 
have a 'core story' in the way Cyberpunk or Call of Cthulhu does.

> I guess if THS was supposed to be this great setting to live in,
> wouldn't the artwork in the book have been in pastels, rather than
> drab dark browns, blacks, etc.? :)

Well, you're not the first person to notice the mismatch between the 
tone of the setting and the tone of the artwork.