Ancillary Justice
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780356502403 (0356502406)
ASIN: 356502406
Publish date: October 1st 2013
Publisher: Orbit
Pages no: 386
Edition language: English
Series: Imperial Radch (#1)
This was a ride and a half and I did not expect it to be this good or turn out this serious. You know everything HAD to have gone to pot for the ship to end in one body, sure. I was ready for an action/adventure sci-fi romp, and in a way, it is that. What surprised me was how hard it goes into the...
One of the potential pleasures of SF is being dumped in an unfamiliar world and suffering "future shock" - the specifically science fictional equivalent of the bewilderment known to travellers as culture shock. It's fun; you have to figure out what things mean; how this society is organised; what th...
Some intelligent writing on a few relevant themes here, namely identity, gender, and civilization. It took me about 150 pages to get used to everyone being referred to as "she" regardless of gender, but by the end of the book it felt more natural. I love that the Radchaai are largely an androgynous ...
Immensely satisfying
I have been getting yelled at to read this book for years. I tried, really, but I just could not get into this. I finally decided to throw in the white towel and call it a DNF. I was told that the book gets better, but I am not in the mood to suffer through trying to get to better. At 50 percent m...