"When a book is this ambitious, either it is a thumping success or it falls on its face. Happily, The Actual Star is a stone-cold masterpiece. It is one of the most moving novels I have read and surely a contender for major awards."
Welp. 😳
I think about this every time I read about an upcoming scifi flick where some feminine-gendered AI "gets out of control" and/or "must tragically die." Blegh. Come on.