 In "Point Omega" the movement toward annihilation (rendition) is symptomatic of a defect or disturbance in mental process.In his review for "Publishers Weekly", Dan Fesperman revealed that the Finley character is "a middle-aged filmmaker who, in the words of his estranged wife, is too serious about art but not serious enough about life" and compares Elster to "a sort of Bush-era Dr. Strangelove without the accent or the comic props".Writing for the "Wall Street Journal", Alexandra Altar described the novel as "a meditation on time, extinction, aging and death, subjects that Mr. DeLillo seldom explored in much depth as a younger writer."