The Anomaly

Each character reacts differently to meeting their double. Choose one interaction between doubles and analyze why the characters respond as they do.

Victor June and Philomedius believe that life will not change despite everyone knowing that life is a simulation. Do the actions of other characters in The Anomaly bear this out? Why or why not?

Le Tellier is a mathematician, and The Anomaly is inspired by the study of probability. Analyze one way that understanding a mathematical concept helps the reader understand the novel.

Adrian Miller is often compared to famous Hollywood actors. How do these comparisons serve to establish Miller’s character? How do they comment on the book’s relationship to Hollywood fictional tropes?

The very last page of the novel ends with language falling apart. How does that final gesture comment on the characters’ (and the reader’s) efforts to make meaning from the preceding story?

Choose a character in The Anomaly. What literary genre is associated with that character, and how does genre change the way the character’s scenes must be read in comparison to the rest of the novel?

The novel draws attention to the aging process, for characters as young as Sophia and as old as André. Compare two characters and how they react to aging differently.

Between Jamy Pudlowski’s meeting with religious leaders and the chapter on Jacob Evans, how does Le Tellier define human copies as a threat to religious views of the world?