The Thing Itself, by Adam Roberts is a fascinating read.

Especially section 5 of chapter 5 and chapter 9. I was sitting on my dockraft reading, needing to sop often, look up across the water, and just … think about what was just said.

(It occurs to me that anyone seeing an old-ish woman sitting on a dock, book in hand, would not imagine that she is reading a novel that is a Kant-inspired analysis of human perception/consciousness.)

(And I point that out for any readers who may in future see an old-ish woman, book in hand …)