I feel like Botkin was an unsettling, not mundane presence to the people around him. That's why all his ping pong companions left.
― Treeship, Thursday, 21 September 2017 02:53 (six years ago) link
Gradus is now much nearer to us in space and time than he was in the preceding cantos.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 21 September 2017 03:06 (six years ago) link