The novel is narrated from Elliot and Regan’s alternating first-person perspectives. How does this stylistic choice enhance the story’s themes? How might the story be different if told from only one of their perspectives or by an omniscient third-person narrator?

The students at the Glitching academy are forced into a specific career path due to their genes. Are there real-life parallels to this? What social commentary is Martin making by including this detail?

Since it was posited in 1972, the butterfly effect has become a popular device in books, film, and other media. Choose another work that uses the device such as Jurassic Park or Terry Pratchett’s Interesting Times. What similarities do these works share? Do their creators come to different conclusions than Glitch?