The story also has some whoppers about scuba diving, and the replica of James Randi's blood of St Januarius deal (the red oil in a glass vial in a fancy contain

The story also has some whoppers about scuba diving, and the replica of James Randi's blood of St Januarius deal (the red oil in a glass vial in a fancy container). And methane sprayed on an arm and set afire. It reads very realistic fictionally. I don't believe a word of it other than an impressionistic setting of mood and scene. That aspect of it is pretty good. There is a genre of lit where you put in technical errors so you can attack the people who notice them for not getting the point, that he loved his grandma although she was obsolete and toxic in the modern world although still physically barely living in it. Yeah author, I get it, you don't have to put intentional errors in it so your little english lit buddies can feel all superior when the unwashed masses of "nerds" find it full of mistakes. Much like hollywood intentionally screwing up everything involving computers because it'll only offend nerds.