It's been a long road to get here, but I'm glad I was finally able to read the formal introductory piece to the sciadv series. I can't say that I like it more than Steins;Gate, like many of my friends were expecting me to, but I can't say that it wasn't worth the trip either. It does some things better than S;G, others worse, but it was a great narrative with very interesting characters through and through.