This was a weird book. I liked it! But it was certainly a bit odd, both in structure, because the story changes quite a bit and feels like a few novellas that are... I guess cohesive but also so different in terms of tropes, as well as just like all the things *spreads hands*. There’s just some wildly out there stuff that might feel more “out there” because of the way things are explained. It’s interesting and compelling and then suddenly dives into a different story and you’ve no idea where your expectations are supposed to be when it does these change ups.

Overall, I think it’s worth a read and has some interesting concepts pretty fairly well explained. There is just a lot going on, is what I’d chalk it up to. But this is a translation of older sci-fi, from what I understand, so it actually makes a lot more sense when put into that perspective. It does feel like interesting, older sci-fi, structurally.