This short novella length book is the first offering from the remarkable qntm, whom I regard as possibly the most original SciFi talent currently writing. Written in a cartoon like, almost 'Rick'n'Morty' style, we see the origin of all of qntm's preoccupations with wild science and outrageous technologies completely to the fore, with very little effort put into characterisation. The result is good fun, cosmic slapstick. Nothing like as head bending to keep track of as the subsequent 'mature' works. If you are wary of Primer-level twisted plot-lines with jumps between multiple realities and timelines, sometimes too fast to spot, then you might want to start with this relatively straightforward tale before hazarding qntm's increasingly demanding subsequent works. If, like me, you like things to be overwhelmingly weird then this is one to mop up after you've tackled the later, more 'serious' books.
Four stars simply because compared to the later books this is a whimsical afterthought.
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