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When I realized that most of these letters were written to Jackson’s parents I was disappointed. Where was the literary gossip you’d expect from a writer of her stature? Instead of recounting feuds, she wrote about her children, and her quiet life in Vermont. As the book progressed, I found myself entranced. It turned out..

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this book has several visual aids you will miss all of them if you listen to the audible version.

Shirley Jackson’s abusive relationships with her husband and mother were massive contributing factor to her life and work, as well as her mental and physical health. All of that is omitted here, very much like reading the society column instead of the front page when world War III has been declared

Like much scifi, don’t read it for the characters, read it for the possibility and the nerdy details. Spectacular

loved it it just keeps getting better and better the more I get into it.

Reading KSR for me is alwayse a marathon and not a sprinting page turner. Amazing world detail and optimism about how we might actually not wipe out civilization. In a sense, this is an incredibly important book, as it posses a future where humanity does figure out how to work together and how NOT to..

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This story took a little while to hook me, but once it did, it was a great ride!

Wow what a crazy ending was not expecting that loved the ending of such a creative on the edge story.

I enjoyed this book, and I can’t wait for the next one in the series. a downtrodden youth, who grows in power to break his childhood bonds.