![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This novel could definitely be called science fiction, but I think of it more as an environmental novel and a psychological investigation into the meaning of life. It shows how an individual is relatively small amidst this vastness, but also that everyone is an integral part of it. It pulled me out of myself to think about the depths of time and space. Reading “In Ascension” gave me a similar sense of awe. For me this happened late one evening while driving with the top down in Death Valley and I saw the glowing immensity of the stars in the sky. It's usually only when we suddenly see the starry night sky when it's not obscured by light pollution or notice tiny creatures thriving in a rock pool that we remember the relative scale of the world around us. Not to get too grandiose about it, but I feel like we naturally get so caught in focusing on our immediate environment and our daily lives that we can easily forget how enormous the universe is around us and how infinitesimally small life can be. There's still a lot about it which feels mysterious and which I'm thinking about, but it's left a lasting impression and really compelled me to re-view the world around me. But this novel has such compelling subject matter and central characters that I wanted to experience the story a second time to see how it all fit together. There have been very few reading experiences I've had where I finished a book and immediately turned back to the first page to read it all again. ![]()
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