Title: I gave up
Product review: I wanted to like this. Some examples of fiction by scientists work brilliantly, and grad-student angst has a special tang that resonates deeply with me. A few things nagged at me early on, like characters' names. "Max Grue," the obnoxious advisor for example (grue: a strong aversion). Or "Claire Lucid," the psychologist. C'mon.What really sank this book for me was its attempts to mix scientific speculation with a story I cared about. That can and has been done well, many times over, but not by means of lectures dressed up as Socratic dialogs. I admit, I got about 150 pages in and decided the book wasn't worth finishing. If something wonderful happens after that point, I apologize for any mis-impression caused by my incomplete information. By that point, however, I just couldn't believe something good enough to redeem the story would come through.Good books end up on cut-out tables, through no fault of their own. So do richly deserving titles like this.-- wiredweird
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