The future is populated by long-lived people who exist only to party. In their world there are five cities - each a reproduction of a city from the past. This number is maintained, whenever one city opens another closes, the futuristic theme parks. Into this world is brought Charles Phillips, a New Yorker from the late 20th Century.

This story is a quick read, Robert Silverberg's style making it very easy to read. This world is involving and the characters he has populated it with are fully fleshed and consistent with their environment. And he uses the character from our present to draw the reader into this future world, allowing us to see through his eyes and experience his reactions.

The story is as long as it could be, there is not enough plot here to satisfy over a longer length, indeed in some ways it needed more even in this shorter form. It's not a bad tale by any means, I just felt there was something missing, it fell short of the mark in terms of entertainment.