This a story about virtual realities, simulations and immortality. Can software be "conscious"? Are digital beings and digital humans alive? In this novel people can make digital copies of themselves and wake them in a virtual universe where they can "live" forever or so it seems. But but but are those copies the same person? The main protagonist comes up with an idea, build his own universe and sell it to millionaire copies with a promise of immortality. And once immortality is achieved what do you do with your time? So far so good. However I missed some ideas at the core of the story, "dust theory" is one of them. Also got lost when the main character computed various states of his copy in different orders. The result led him to hire someone to design a primordial cell for his new cosmos, etc. Regardless of my confusion, I enjoyed this book considering that it is a Concept-driven novel (as opposed to character or plot driven). Characters felt flat to me, until the last pages where I somehow could grasp their humanity in their desperation (or lack thereof) to live.
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