A book so much my jam that it would be hard to imagine it being more my jam than it already is. Thoughtful, mournful, and effusively horny—with love in its heart and hope on its sleeve. A must-read for fans of mecha (especially the ones that lean a little less pew-pew and a little more thump-thump) and/or cerebral, humanist science fiction... but really it's an easy recommendation for anyone who has a pulse and likes cool things. If you're reading this, that's probably you.