Status Updates From Orbital

I wish there was more of a storyline, though I guess that’s the whole point, the universe has no story, no time, no real meaning. I adore the characters (what teensy morsels we get) and I wish there was more to them. The language is gorgeous and descriptive but I’m sorry… I don’t know how to picture Ireland from space. I am in love with the ideas explored in this book, but I only get 3 pages of it.

Here we go

"Anton tends to his wheat, which grows with a vigour that he sometimes finds touching, sometimes thrilling, sometimes sad, but he's stopped by a staggering blackness."