It finally came! I splurged to match my British hardcover of the first book. (The first US cover was awful.)

And now for something completely different... this was the exact 30-year old book I wanted, and I got it for $10! Should you be interested in media censorship in modern Japan, this is the book for you.

it's rare for me to like the second book in a trilogy more than the first, but this one builds on the strengths of and is faster paced than Silence. I'm looking forward to the final book, Grave, out next year!

Finally reading this classic! Hard science fiction where the science is epistemology.

My companion on tonight's cross country flight.