The Terraformers was somehow both too long and too short, and the three separate pieces never entirely came together to form a cohesive whole. I definitely wish each  timeline was a full separate novel or novella so they could have been fleshed out further. 

Each of the three distinct timelines were enjoyable enough, but just as I was settling into them, there would be another jump of hundreds of years that left me struggling to find my footing again. 

A few truly bonkers sex scenes in the second part, and thankfully the sexual relationship between

a cat and a train

was entirely behind closed doors. I mean, they're both people who consent (no, really, you'll have to read it to understand the full breadth of personhood), so it's fine, I just didn't need to read about it. 

Lots to chew on w/r/t the politics of planetary rights, I'll absolutely be thinking about some aspects of this book for a good long while.