Or: How do you write a speculative fiction satire in an age where sci-fi has become reality and reality has become indistinguishable from parody? This review includes vague but significant spoilers for Dark Reading Matter: The Last Thursday Next Novel. If you’re considering the book but are on the fence, my short spoiler-free review is: read it, preferably but not necessarily after the proceeding seven volumes and the other books in the author’s oeuvre. As the eighth and fina