If you like this, you should also consider reading qntm's other work -- I thought `Ra` and `Fine Structure` were particularly good:

https://qntm.org/fiction

Highly recommend. One of my favourite books from last year, probably the most surprising one. It reads like one coherent book, not just a collection of short stories.

I can highly HIGHLY recommend reading this. I blazed through it within 24 hours.

Favorite pun: "digitized" to describe being absorbed by a monster consisting of a mass of fingers...