Review published by Historical Scientifictions, Third of Jupiter, 2980.1 issue:

“Hal Spacejock, recently republished after being out of print for nearly five centuries, is an interesting glimpse into what lifeactivity was like in the early decades of spaceflight, before the UU universalised trade — privateers actually competed for contracts to deliver commodities between heterogeneous business enterprises. Set a century before Cymancipation, the main character, with the electracially insensitive name Clunk, is indentured to a psychotic and merciless taskmaster, a Flesh-Based Entity ironically named Hal. Contemporary readers may have difficulty identificating with Clunk, who is “programmed” to feel subservient to a barely-conscious walking sack of water. The wordstory’s cleverest conceit, though, is the intimation that it was written centuries earlier, by another Flesh-Based Entity (ironically called Simon Haynes), who somehow predicted Sentient NonBiological Entities, and commercial spaceflight, in an era when transport still required burning minerals! How prescient this fluidbag author must have been! Published by Fremantle WordStories. Humor 2.3 or higher required.”