A Temporal Bureaucracy novel · English
The Incorrect Use of Very Large Procedures
Quentin Kartner believes every problem has a form—until a suitcase full of incompatible Thursdays arrives at his office. As time leaks through municipal paperwork and reality fails to comply with procedure, Quentin is pulled into a bureaucracy stranger than the universe it claims to regulate. His only help is Quibble, a translation engine with an answer for everything and a complaint about most of it.
Story classification
What kind of story is this?
Absurd science fiction with deadpan humor, cosmic red tape, and systems that keep functioning long after reality stops cooperating.
It follows forms designer Quentin Kartner and Quibble, a translation engine with an answer for everything and a complaint about most of it.
Reader orientation notice
Before opening the file
No prior clearance is required. Expect impossible events to be treated as administrative inconveniences, emotional crises to receive reference numbers, and pencils to display better judgment than most institutions.