This is a well written work, surprisingly so. The author shows us an elaborate futuristic society that doesn't work. It seems to take a stab at capitalism and mass production and socislism at the same time.
The scene is set in future Britain where everything including the population is mass produced. People are divided into classes based on their genetic makeup and that governs the rest of their lives. Soma are sleep substitute tablets that keep people efficiently playing their role in turning economic engines of society.
It's not unlike much other criticismof capitalism but this is likely to have been one of the earlier ones.
My rating is a 6, but that's mostly because it's a bit slow at times
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