Illuminae

What a strange tale...

To think that in more than 500 years, humans will still remember HAL as a dangerously sentient AI and still quote Whitman and still use the same txtslang as kids today...

As a book created from a collection of datum - transcripts, chatlogs, security reports, AI monologue - it has its failings (voice, occasionally, which I won't discuss because I think my concerns are a massive spoiler) and its shining moments of mundane, beautiful humanity.

Some pages are quite stunning. Some moments are quite wrenching. Some insights are quite arresting.

Quite an interesting experience. Do not be daunted by 600 pages. They fly past like so much stardust and space detritus: grab onto that which intrigues you, and let the rest wander out into the universe.