It May Be Months Since I Read It

[aesmael]

But I only just realised one of the biggest ironies of Greg Egan's Teranesia  In the early parts of the story Prabir often says such things as "Come the revolution..." apparently speaking of an eagerly anticipated biological revolution which will give humans mastery of their own bodies and freedom to remake themselves as they wish. But later, when the revolution arrives it is not at all what he had in mind and he ends up fighting against it.