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Finished Part Seven. Vive la révolution!

Finished Part Six. This part displayed some of KSR’s excellent abilities at grounding philosophical, political, and economic debates within dialogue between characters who are believable engaging in such matters.

Finished Part Five. There’s a wee bit of coincidence creeping into some of the interweaving of plot points, but so far that isn’t overwhelming the overall narrative in any significant way.

KSR’s approach here feels liberated and experimental in very fun ways. And the sequence involving Vlade being called in to help with a rescue was quite moving.

Finished Part Two. Spending time in the company of the first-person chapters of a pitch-perfect Finance Bro is effectively icky.

Finished Part One. This is written in a refreshingly zippy, sometimes even jazzy, rhythm, people with characters who feel alive. And as always with KSR, the science undergirding his worldbuilding feels utterly plausible.

A fascinating start. I’m a big fan of KSR and am glad to be in his wildly intelligent company again.