Glass bead game has made a slight turn for the better. The main character came up with some of the same complaints I had, and left the order of cloistered obsessives to live in the actual world and do something real with all his knowledge–tutor a child.
His story now seems to be over now, though, and I’m left with several short stories and poetry to close out the novel… very strange structure.
At least not a total waste of time though.
Jonas David 