DON'T LISTEN TO THE INSECTS. IT IS VERY GOOD. PERHAPS THE RICHEST AND MOST IMMERSIVE FICTIONAL GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY AND CULTURE OF ALL. IT DOES NOT SEEK A HIGHBROW POSITION. DO NOT READ IT FROM THAT ANGLE. NO ANON COULD REPLICATE IT. NONE. THE CHARACTERS ARE BREATHING. THE PLOT MANIPULATIONS AND CIRCLES ARE, AT TIMES, GENIUS. BARELY IS A SINGLE WORD WASTED. I PREFER THE LATER BOOKS, THOUGH THEY BEGIN TO SPRAWL AND UNRAVLE. THIS IS BECAUSE THE WORLD OVERWHELMED THE AUTHOR. IT "SPILT OUT OF THE PAGE". BECAUSE IT WAS MORE REAL THAN HIM.