I like the idea, and might get back into it (restarting), but previous time I started it I was thrown off by the overuse of metaphors. Maybe it's just an introduction-thing, but I found it very cumbersome to always have to read "The thing was X, like and Y that had undergone Z" instead of just "the thing was worn and green".

Yes, I know that writers should show rather than tell, but when the reader has to spend most of the reading time parsing metaphors that could've instead just been a factual statement, it becomes a very cumbersome read.

But I will give it another go. I like the sci-fi classics, and I suspect I'd like this one too