by Elizabeth Bear
I don't even really know where to start when summarizing this book. I find it a fantastic blending of fantasy and science fiction. To me the story starts out reading like high fantasy and then slides it way into high technology speculative fiction. The story explores concepts of humanity, gender,...
This is one of the most unique books I've ever read. What kept me reading was not only wondering what would happen next, but wondering why they were in such a predicament. The characters weren't as three-dimensional as I generally like, and their fates didn't concern me much, but the way things were...
3.5 stars. I liked it . . . I think. I have a feeling that parts of it were completely over my head.
I love that I've decided to do these book clubs this year, because I'm already reading stuff that I never would've picked up on my own otherwise. I've seen Elizabeth Bear's name floating around (I work in a book store) but I've never actually heard a lot about her or her books. Well, she was the Jan...
First in a planned trilogy called, "Jacob's Ladder," "Dust" introducesus to a decaying generation ship, stuck in orbit around an unstablestar. Originally the project of a religious cult, both the people andthe AIs of the ship have devolved strangely as the years have gone by.Now, a last few bastions...
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