how to live safely in a science fictional universe summary

A Timeout Chicago Book to Read in 2014! Noted as a “ high-profile book release” by A.V. Cited by Barnes & Noble as one of “ four books that will make you glad you’re alive right now.” One of Jewish Book Council’s Weekly Recommended Reads. A Publishers’ Weekly Book of the Week! An io9 “Essential” Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2014! One of The Millions most anticipated books of 2014! Listed by Brooklyn Magazine as one of “ Five Books by Brooklyn Authors We Can’t Wait to Read.” Named one of 15 Books by Women to Read Now (or Very Soon) by The Hairpin.

Recommended by LibraryReads as a Top 10 Read for January 2014! One of Flavorwire’s 10 Must-Read Books for January. The Millions Top Ten: May 2014, June 2014, July 2014, August 2014, September 2014, and October 2014. The Atlantic’s 1book140’s Book Club Pick July 2014. And outside is where the trouble starts.Ī dazzling debut novel wherein medieval Kabbalists, rare book librarians, and Latter-Day Baconians skirmish for control over secret mystical knowledge, and one Neetsa Pizza employee discovers that you can’t save the world with pizza coupons. Meanwhile, Leonard’s sister keeps disappearing on secret missions with her “book club,” leaving him to take care of his nephew, which means Leonard has to go outside. What do you say to a caller like that? Plus, Neetsa Pizza doesn’t like it when you go off-script. Except then he starts getting calls from Marco, who claims to be a thirteenth-century explorer just returned from Cathay.

It’s a boring job, but Leonard likes it-there’s a set answer for every scenario, and he never has to leave his house. Leonard works for Neetsa Pizza, a Pythagorean pizza chain, in a lonely but highly surveilled home office, answering calls on his complaints hotline. In the not-too-distant future, competing giant fast-food factions rule the world.

How to live safely in a science fictional universe summary