Very late to the party but Susanna Clarke's Piranesi is hands down one of the best books I've ever read. Very hard to talk about without impacting on the reading experience, as discovery is a major joy in the book.
Here's the first installment of my case against landing human beings on Mars. You may think you disagree, but I'm going to talk you around. https://t.co/YSAl5mHGR5
Cringe at this if you will, but what you see here is actually an excellent example of how the western world-- or, more precisely, the USA, has organically invented a kind of lunisolar calendar.