Review: Diaspora

Diaspora Diaspora by Greg Egan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Ok so I read this book with my son as it's his favorite book. But his favorite part is the beginning so he wanted to make sure we read that part together. It was hard and crazy and deeply interesting.

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