A benevolent alien invasion creates a new and radical human utopia; It allows us to reshape reality and ourselves through mere thought. You want to change anything about your life, what's arround you, who you are... you just think it.

Tina finds herself grieving when her wife leaves to re-experience life reborn again as a baby. As she sinks into depression, alienated from the world around her as it continues its giddy high. She starts to explore how concepts of purpose and authenticity work in a world where dreams are made literal reality and how that fits in with her own identity as a trans woman.

I found this a powerful and original exploration of identity in utopia in a way that many other stories would simply undercut as "a sinister truth behind a world too good to be true." Instead, it's about finding yourself through grief and finding new connections. One of my absolute favourite sci-fi stories.