I’m making good progress again; China writes an extremely dense and meandering first half to this book. It’s an effort to get through. Near the mid-point, though, it’s definitely cohering into a more pointed narrative and feels increasingly rewarding. I’m feeling right now like it’s sitting on a razors edge between pretentious and brilliant, but it’s leaning more and more towards being incredibly smart sci-fi that just takes a long time to get going. Looking forward to finishing it up in the near future.

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