Status Updates From The Circumference of the World

Dang this is good. The spiritual successor to radiance that I was looking for.

So glad I circled back to this one. Loving it so far

Was not ready for this the first time I opened it. Now is the time. Bring it

It draws from the noir well, which I always find experientially fun but which pushes me away from engaging. When your characters are kidnapped and pushed around and unable to find enough information, it becomes a theme park ride on tracks.

But the ride was all right & I suspect Part III might change genre.

“[Levi’s] social life revolved around fortnightly meetings with a group of kindred sci-fi fans in a pub in Holborn.
She knew with a quiet despair that he wasn’t going to make it.”

Lucky bastard has a book club every two weeks, what is there to despair about??