I started reading the Otherland series because of all the rave reviews here on Amazon. Plus Williams previous series "Memory Sorrow...." was superb. If the 1st book was "mildly" boring, then this is a huge bore. The book picks up whenever !Xabbu & Rene are involved or Fredricks & Orlando. Reading Martines "diary" gives me huge headache. Oh I'm sure I'll read books 3 & 4 some day. For now, I got much better books to read. Maybe in six months from now I'll come back to this series.