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The Infinite Future
The Infinite Future | Tim Wirkus
6 posts | 4 read | 18 to read
An exhilarating, original novel, set in Brazil, Idaho, and outer space, about an obsessive librarian, a down-at-heel author, and a disgraced historian who go on the hunt for a mystical, life-changing book--and find it. The Infinite Future is a mindbending novel that melds two page-turning tales in one. In the first, we meet three broken people, joined by an obsession with a forgotten Brazilian science-fiction author named Salgado-MacKenzie. There's Danny, a writer who's been scammed by a shady literary award committee; Sergio, journalist turned sub-librarian in So Paulo; and Harriet, an excommunicated Mormon historian in Salt Lake City, who years ago corresponded with the reclusive Brazilian writer. The motley trio sets off to discover his identity, and whether his fabled masterpiece--never published--actually exists. Did his inquiries into the true nature of the universe yield something so enormous that his mind was blown for good? In the second half, Wirkus gives us the lost masterpiece itself--the actual text of The Infinite Future, Salgado-MacKenzie's wonderfully weird magnum opus. The two stories merge in surprising and profound ways. Part science-fiction, part academic satire, and part book-lover's quest, this wholly original novel captures the heady way that stories inform and mirror our lives.
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The.Intentional.Reader
Infinite Future | Tim Wirkus
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Secret manuscripts, shady religious organizations and the hunt for something deeper. Really liking this one. Not exactly sci-if but definitely standing at the edge

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emilyhaldi
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This Goodreads giveaway win is a quirky one! 3 people are on the hunt to find a reclusive Sci-Fi writer who may have discovered something astonishing about the universe that caused him to keep his latest novel a secret. Written as a book-within-a-book, part sci-fi, part satire, this one is a real risk for me!! Wondering if I could use for any #popsugar18 or #booked18 prompts- otherwise it might be tough to pick up....
#prayingtothealiens
#nuyear

TommieMarie74 Could it work as a humor read for one of your challenges? 7y
TrishB Sounds interesting 👍🏻 7y
Cinfhen Hmmm, I‘ll look through those prompts...it‘s gotta work somewhere💕 7y
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Reviewsbylola Would it work for book in another planet? Or is it on earth? 7y
monalyisha Your description reminds me a little bit of “The Humans,” by Matt Haig, which I loved! 7y
Mdargusch Ugh. Good luck. 7y
emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola that is the prompt I initially thought of but from what I can tell it takes place on earth. 7y
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FountainBookstore
The Infinite Future | Tim Wirkus
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I failed. This book is clever and feels a little like Vonnegut. I made it to where the "lost book" starts: the book within the book. It just wasn't for me.

In my earlier post, I mentioned I have come to dislike reading books about books, bookstores, libraries, English professors, writers, etc. I guess I don't enjoy the behind-the-scenes stuff anymore. For now, I prefer to be immersed in non-book worlds for reading. It is well-written.

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LibrarianRyan
The Infinite Future | Tim Wirkus
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Going to look over today's #bookmail wile I make some apple cider. My library is cold dang it #thirstyThursday. #spookyoctober

LibrarianRyan Turns out my fridge froze my cider. Now I have to wait for it to thaw before I can hear it up. 7y
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FountainBookstore
The Infinite Future | Tim Wirkus
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I am famous for my avoidance of all books related to bookstores, libraries, writers, publishing, anything remotely attached to the industry I have loved being a part of for the last 29 years. (The very major exception being the tv show Black Books....huge fan, make of that what you will). But this premise intrigued me, so I'm going to give it a shot.

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KiskyLuella
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Mehso-so

A meta book for meta book nerds. Wirkus spirals the reader deeper into an interconnected narrative that really makes you marvel at his skill as a writer. The second INFINITE FUTURE, the text by Salgado-Mackenzie, tried my patience near the end, I wish Wirkus had loosened his grip and immaculate control. I will say though, for all the pieces, I was surprised often, not just by the most recent plot development but by the way it seamlessly clicked.