 It's the distant future most of humanity's problems have been solved anyone can live for centuries if they want to Perpetual electrical generators have been discovered which are used to power everything and those discoveries have in turn resulted in Efficient interstellar travel speaking of which no life has been discovered outside of microbes in the occasional moss or something except for one planet which is mostly covered in a Stunted grass and a few sickly trees But also has large herds of a kind of reptilian kangaroos That are the size of cattle other than the breathable atmosphere the planet is uncomfortable for humans So it's left alone But then the scientific satellites which have been left in orbit begin to report that groups of lugs appear to be teleporting from one part of the planet to another and Instantaneously, it's taking no time at all It's faster than light space and time warps are the one thing that humanity has not figured out yet So of course suddenly everybody is interested in this planet again. Now. This sounds like a very interesting premise, but then You actually sit down and read the book and no it's not I read this book probably 20 years ago I had no memory of anything about it at all except the dumb kangaroos Teleporting instantaneously, I didn't even remember how the book ended and the reason I didn't remember any of this is because it's boring It is very boring. You can skip a full Three-quarters of the book and go straight to the end and you will miss nothing seriously 75% of the book at least is entirely uninteresting and non-relevant. So anyway great premise Not a great book. Oh and our favorite book Flatland gets a mention in here that keeps popping up I should make a list You can support 30 seconds sci-fi and my other projects by becoming a patron There is a link in the description below and visit the 30 seconds sci-fi tumbler That's my headquarters in addition to my videos. I publish links and updates there every day