Nicholas Eftimiades

The story is a clever idea - the greatest computers on Earth work together to find a way to talk with God (which they believe is manifest as a kind of computer program carried in the vibrations of the strings that form the fabric of space-time). The Kindle edition I read, however, was in need of a good deal of editing. The first several pages read like a fictional history text, and are about as interesting. Throughout, there are paragraph breaks missing where they clearly should be, like between different speakers. There are long periods of exposition to provide details and history that are almost, but not quite funny. There were more typos than a finished book should have, and the ending falls a bit flat. Still, with a bit of rewriting and editing, this could make for a pretty good book.… (mehr)