Connie Willis sucks at predicting the future, that much is clear. Time travel in 2048 but no internet or cell phones? Nigga, please. Luddites unfamiliar with current technology don't really have any business writing science fiction, but that aside the pacing was beyond terrible and the dialogue idiotic. I'm kind of sad that I bought the Kindle edition because I can't get the catharsis of tearing this book in two and throwing it in the trash.