Description:Lots of writers have written stories about storytelling, but few are as
fresh and funny as this 1972 work. Effinger, who emerged as a real
talent during SF's "New Wave" era, sets his first novel on a distant
colony world called simply Home. The narrator is Seyt, a son of the very
first family to settle on the planet. While the story is thick with
religious and mythological significance, it is also enhanced by
Effinger's trademark humor. "What Entropy Means to Me" was nominated for
the Nebula Award, and Effinger (1947 - 2002) went on to gain fame for
his cyberpunk "Marîd Audran" trilogy.