Galileo's Dream

Aw man. DNF @ 30%.

I held on for as long as I could, but I just could not suspend my disbelief. This is a historical fiction sci-fi mashup, where Galileo gets regularly abducted by far future human(oid)s who beam him up to Jupiter's moons (aka, the moons he famously discovered with his famous invention, the telescope).

I love KSR. He is very special to me, definitely one of my formative inspirations. I have read 6 of his books (and they are bricks, people), and DNFed 2 of them. That's kinda how it goes. I was hoping this would be like his alt history masterpiece, The Years of Rice and Salt, and it is indeed written with enormous intellectual brio - Galileo is FUN - but... like I said, I just could not get past the sci-fi elements. They were too wacky, even for me!

I also fwiw love Galileo, and ADORE, nay WORSHIP, this time and place in history. A sign of my commitment: I have a 8” tattoo of Brunelleschi's dome on my shoulder. I'M TELLING YOU, PEOPLE, I LOVE THIS STUFF.

So it was with extreme disappointment that I slogged through this, WILLING myself to like it, before finally giving up. sob. Maybe I'll try it again. :(