I loved this book. The conspiracy was flimsy, but the narration and pacing was good enough to excuse that. Even when we get to mutant meteorite worms Høeg keeps it grounded through great descriptions of ice and brutality, which start page one. Smilla has a sense for both things-- she spends a lot of the book comparing the violence of life in the harsh environment of the Arctic with the violence of Danish society (structural, colonial). I know it was a pretty popular book when it came out, and looking around I can see it's cited in some papers on postcolonial literature, but I'd be interested to know about its reception in Greenland and Denmark. The language barrier doesn't help, and the fact that it's a thriller (as opposed to a 'serious' book) probably doesn't either. Does anyone know where I can look for more information?