In the second book in this series, there's a sequence where the empty, contrary nihilism of a "great thinker" is so annoying that someone kills him. Been thinking about that sequence a lot. Peake would have lost his mind in 2026.
Russ FischerWhen things are miserably stupid, it is very refreshing to read a book that often seems to have been written primarily for the joy of putting words together.