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Vajra Chandrasekera: The Mountain in the Sea (Hardcover, 2023, Weidenfeld & Nicolson) 5 stars

When pioneering marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen is offered the chance to travel to the …

Page-turner, exciting, thoughtful

5 stars

At times, the dialogues feel more like they are directed at the reader, not two people talking naturally with each other. I'm also reading “Staying with the Trouble” at the same time, and I found the philosophical-ideas-as-dialogues way better to digest than philosophical-ideas-in-philosophical-language.

I felt reminded of “Arrival”, and maybe a bit of “The Swarm”. Felt like a short read. Refreshing style of writing? Topics: AI, identity, communication, boundaries (as in: where does one being stop, and the world begin?)