![]() ![]() But it pays off to persevere and after a few dozen pages, a general shape is taking form of the year 2454 and it is a fascinating, fascinating world.Īs the subtitle says, Being a Narrative of Events of the Year 2454, we are addressed by a man named Mycroft Canner, a former criminal, convicted to serve other civilians as a Servicer in exchange for food. Not only that, but Palmer uses old, Enlightenment era English and other old-fashioned affectations that make the text even harder to penetrate. Like being submerged, we may struggle to find our breath, like learning to snorkel or dive for the first time. ![]() There is so much going on and so much to learn to understand this future society, that this is quite a hard book to read. The moment of opening Ada Palmer’s Too Like The Lightning is being submerged in a totally alien social structure. ![]()
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