Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Commits the ultimate literary sin

Benford is one of those writers who wax hot and cold. He is acclaimed to be a science fiction writer's "scientist" in that he deals with a lot of "hard" science. In this case, the result is pedantic and - the ultimate sin - boring. The main character was not exciting nor interesting - just smart. The great experiment and the result were so-so. I kept waiting for something - ANYTHING - to happen but soon realized that this was it..a globe that was tested, studied and explored. I am reminded of the poem..."this is how the world ends - not with a bang but with a whimper."