Phil in SF quoted Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts
Good is a construct. Evil is a virus.
The Starship Sa Niro and the Starship …
It was different enough to a handshake, and superior enough, to deserve all the palaver of having to lie down on your back and shuffle round to position your feet correctly.
— Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts (16%)
new vocabulary: palaver
unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure
this book has so many new to me words. i haven't posted most of them. However, the story is not engrossing yet, so I'm already thinking of tossing on the DNF.