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Set in an alternative historical present, in a "eusistocracy"--An extreme welfare state -- that holds …
This comment sold me:
The Core of the Sun further cements Johanna Sinisalo’s reputation as a master of literary speculative fiction and of her country’s unique take on it, dubbed “Finnish weird.”
From Africanfuturist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thoughtful rumination on biotechnology, destiny, and …
The bold one, they call her—too bold for most.
To her father, the great …
The Actual Star takes readers on a journey over two millennia and six continents —telling …
This one gave me Cloud Atlas vibes.
It's set across three timelines: ancient Maya, contemporary, and 1000 years in the future - I enjoyed the future segments and worldbuilding the most.
I feel like one needs to have a solid grounding in latine culture to get the most out of this.
After one great battle, the Architects disappeared. Yet humanity’s fragile peace is brief. For, forty years later, the galaxy’s greatest …
After one great battle, the Architects disappeared. Yet humanity’s fragile peace is brief. For, forty …
If they make a film version of this, I demand that DJ Smalls plays Idris
From Africanfuturist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thoughtful …
Agna had looked forward to her overseas assignment for the last four years. It was …
The Healers' Road isn't my usual type of book (although you might think differently if you witnessed the T. Kingfisher bibliography pour through my timeline), but I enjoyed it very much.
It's very much a book about interpersonal relationships, decorated in a vaguely fantastic setting, and the author wonderfully illustrated concepts like how uncommunicated assumptions can poison your interactions with someone, or how hiding things we're afraid of or embarrassed by often lead to us suffering more.
I'm looking forward to the second part, although I think I'll need to cleanse my palate with something faster-paced first.
From the moment Sunny Nwazue discovered she had magic flowing in her blood, she sought …
Everything I love about the series, with a more epic scope than earlier installments
On the distant world of Erna, four people--Priest, Adept, Sorcerer, and Apprentice--are drawn together to …
I tried to get into it, and it felt like all the pieces were there, but it just turned into a long slog for me 🤷
Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in …
An Ignyte Award finalist for 2022: www.tor.com/2022/04/19/announcing-the-shortlist-for-the-2022-ignyte-awards/
On the distant world of Erna, four people--Priest, Adept, Sorcerer, and Apprentice--are drawn together to …
You have to respect an author that lays down a portmanteau like demonagerie
Gene-edited human clans have scattered throughout the galaxy, adapting themselves to environments as severe as the desert and the sea. …
I’m embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there …
I loved the sense of creeping doom as I unraveled each drip of exposition.
At first I couldn't see how this and Upright Women Wanted could possibly be from the same author, but eventually similar themes around trust, betrayal, and self-loathing/-punishment emerged.
Halla is a housekeeper who has suddenly inherited her great-uncle's estate... and, unfortunately, his relatives. …
🎶 A job gnole yearns for a rag-and-bone gnole A pair of gnoles should write a gnole romance 🎶