Too Like the Lightning
(Terra Ignota #1)
by Ada Palmer
dystopia
copyright 2016
read a bit, May 2021
rated 2/10: unreadably bad
I started reading... trying to read. It makes no sense. None whatsoever.
Very clever, perhaps? Another Ulysses, an invented language, impossible to read? No. What I read was incomprehensible and uninteresting.
What little I read was... nonsense.
I tried the Wikipedia entry. The longest plot summary I have ever seen... I guess the wiki author had no idea, either.
So, okay, here's a guess. Based on the Wikipedia article: The author has invented a societal organisation which -- she believes -- will result in world peace. She wants to push her idea. So she wraps a flimsy plot round her idea. And "shows" what a terrific world it would be. If only we all followed her brilliant idea.
Almost a pity the book is unreadable.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
... Agamedes Consulting / Problems ? Solved
==="No matter how much you push the envelope, it will still be stationery"
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