The final chapters are again set in the Old World.
The chapters are set over the course of one year in the World of Goo.
The 4th chapter is seasonless, and is set in a virtual world.
The last chapter is set in 1967.
Each chapter is set in a different environment, starting off with jungle, then desert, sea and finally city.
A complete and comprehensive chapter is set aside on sample preparations.
The first chapter of "Ulysses" is set in the tower.
The final chapter is set in New York and examines the battle over air rights above buildings.
Other chapters, "The Music" in particular, are set in the present on the island.
Those chapters are set throughout the Amazon as the Storyteller travels from one group to another.