This reminds me of Contact by Sagan. Neat ideas, but written so dryly and boring—and in this particular case, also featuring a truly forgettable, monotone narrator—prose work that reminds me of reading a text book in science class. That’ll either be your bag or it isn’t. It sure isn’t mine. I couldn’t tell you if this was substantive or not, it is so mind numbing slippery, I just kept tuning in and out. So: I’m out.