For Processeans, Satan was no crude beast but an intellectual principle by which God could be unfolded into several parts, accomplishing the repaganization of religion and the remystification of the world.
– William Bainbridge
Like other Feminist science fiction authors, McIntyre writes of powerful, competent, courageous female characters who would never wait for a man to rescue them, nor let him be the one to accomplish great deeds.
– William Bainbridge
Techniques such as genetic engineering, psychoactive drugs and electronic control of the brain make possible a transformation of the species into docile, fully-obedient, 'safe' organisms.