Qoheleth

Qoheleth is the first book in the Post-Self cycle. It was written by Madison Scott-Clary and contains the bonus novella Gallery Exhibition: A Love Story.

Back copy

“All artists search. I search for stories, in this post-self age. What happens when you can no longer call yourself an individual, when you have split your sense of self among several instances? How do you react? Do you withdraw into yourself, become a hermit? Do you expand until you lose all sense of identity? Do you fragment? Do you go about it deliberately, or do you let nature and chance take their course?”

With immersive technology at its peak, it’s all too easy to get lost. When RJ loses emself in that virtual world, not only must ey find eir way out, but find all the answers ey can along the way.

And, nearly a century on, society still struggles with the ramifications of those answers.

Place in the cycle

Although Qoheleth is listed as "book I in the Post-Self cycle", It serves largely as a prequel to the trilogy that is Toledot — Nevi'im — Mitzvot. For this reason, there is a compelling argument that it should be read after either Nevi'im or Mitzvot. However, due to the ways in which it introduces the mechanics and society of the System, Gallery Exhibition serves as an excellent first work to read.