As I’m holding the book in my hand... (not counting the Encyclopedia Galactica insert)... the very first words are...
His name was Gaal Dornick...
This show got woke right off the bat. I’m sorry, but this is a classic piece of sci-fi work by The Godfather of Science Fiction, there was no need to alter his vision for our woke SJW times.
Edit
Having finished the first season... it seems to me the screenwriter got blackout wasted off of bathtub gin while reading the book, then smoked a ton of Meth while writing the screenplay and this is the adaptation we got.
If you’ve never read the books, you should be able to get the basics. Visually? Well done. Apple didn’t scrimp. But, and this is my opinion.., they took way toooooo many ‘artistic’ liberties with the story.
Still a fail for me, but if you enjoy it, go ahead and watch it. You may like it.