Status Updates From How It Began: A Time-Travel...

There are too many references to astronomical equations and some of the notes are all but indecipherable for me, but I agree with one of the cover reviewers that Impey is a great storyteller. So I'll just stick with as much of the high-level adventure as I can follow and let the details slide.

I have no ambitions whatsoever to leave the familiar, loving atmosphere of Earth so reading about the comparative existential emptiness of Elsewhere in the Universe is a little like flirting with a panic attack. Thankfully, Impey is a very, very good storyteller in addition to being a keen astronomist so I calm my claustrophobic nerves and keep reading ...