This leads to radicalisation, terrorist attacks, and murder. Conservatives view them as a potential threat that should be distrusted, if not destroyed entirely. Liberals view them as having come to help humanity progress and understand each other better, and should be welcomed. All Issues Are Political Issues: The Carls, a collection of unmoving, unspeaking statues, whose alien status is only revealed by their chemical composition, become a locus for pre-existing political tensions. Ī sequel, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavour, was released in 2020. The first chapter, narrated by the author, can be found here. April is thrown into the media spotlight, somewhere it turns out she does not mind being, and becomes embroiled in a vicious culture war as to what the Carls' purpose on Earth is, and how humankind should respond to them. Overnight, the video becomes a viral sensation as it turns out Carls have appeared not just in New York, but in cities all across the world - and they may not be of human origin. April calls her friend Andy, and they make a video with the statue, which April dubs "Carl", and upload it to YouTube. When heading home from work at 3 AM, she stumbles across a colossal statue of a man in the middle of the city, with no sign as to how it got there. The novel revolves around a twenty-three year old design graduate living in New York, named April May. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is the 2018 debut novel of Hank Green.
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