[Lacusch]

I think you naled it in the head. I would say the book is quite familiar to Asimov's writing in the Foundation trilogy.

Trying to explain and explore concepts where the Characters are just talking carriers of ideas. It's b Not everybody's cup of tea but I loved it.

[EA-3167]

Same here, it's one of the few works of fiction that gave me repeated bouts of goose-bump riddled shocks. I think it's also an amazing tool to teach people about the absurd scale of the universe we inhabit, and just how unfathomably small the scale of our everyday lives is in comparison.

Plus it presented interesting mysteries, and the payoffs were huge. For that I can forgive the style of writing you described!