This novella by noted internet superhero John Scalzi is short, utterly dependent on you having read his previous works and ends suddenly. It is also among the most moving things I have ever read. The view of humanity through the eyes of someone having it foisted upon them and ultimately coming to terms with the beauty of it was beautiful and bittersweet.I'll never have children, but if I did, this would be on the shortlist of books I would give to them to help them come to terms with the world and their place in it. I don't really have a bigger compliment to bestow than that.