Grave Surprise in the Bookshop

"Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times."

-Suzanne Collins

A Curious Character in the Bookshop

"There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.”" - Richard Feynman