Tannat

"Three hundred megatons," Brander repeats at last. "You know, I can't tell you how disturbed I am to find that you know such things."

Lubin shrugs. "It's basic physics. It shouldn't intimidate anyone who isn't totally innumerate."

I can't tell you all how refreshing this book feels after listening to the boring condescending info-dumps of Seveneves, where almost halfway through the book it is felt necessary to define "delta vee" and go in to explain what the delta symbol means in mathematical parlance. Even if you're not that comfortable with physics and math, can't you figure it out from context? The book even calls delta "a common bit of mathematical shorthand." And this is well after the term is first used, of course.

I have been reading Starfish mostly at night before bed via backlight for the bingo square, but I plan on just going ahead and finishing it now. I'm too close to the end to put it down just because it's light out.