Laura Quilter called it "pretty interesting sf, but annoying as hell. Even for the early 50s." Quoting an early review from the "Hartford Courant", which praised its subtlety, she "begto differ," pointing out how the development of the plot upheld and championed the approved gender relationships of the time and place in which it was written. She concludes that "[the funny thing is that this story is such a satire of itself, now, that if it were written today it would be targeted as a 'political correct satire.'"