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I will need to read this again to understand the somewhat sprawling structure a little better, but I found this an enjoyable science fiction novel in the Le Guin heterotopia/social experiment mode. I've been trying to read some books without knowing anything about them, and this one proved an excell...
This was probably the weirdest sci-fi book I've ever read. Not weird, like, Whoa, this shit is WEIRD. Weird like, I have never seen sci-fi done like this before. Because of that weirdness, parts of it were really interesting and fun. Unfortunately, while I liked what Karen Lord was doing in theory, ...
Though a planet is destroyed, this is not a fast paced, high tension apocalypse story. It’s more like an off-world vacation, with a fascinating on the ground exploration of a wide spectrum of alien but human cultures and personalities, further brightened by a possible slow building, mixed background...
Honestly, this book wasn’t what I expected at all. From the blurb, I sort of thought it might be an action sort of book or something along the life of Vatta’s War series by [a:Elizabeth Moon|10518|Elizabeth Moon|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1199059504p2/10518.jpg]. This book, however, focused out...
Originally posted at Romance Around the CornerSource: a review copy was provided by the publisher through NetGalleyThis book caught my attention because of its interesting premise and because I seldom read Sci-Fi. The blurb did mention a love story, but we know that when the book isn't a romance, lo...
NOTE: I received a publisher’s ARC of The Best of All Possible Worlds via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.I’m not quite sure what to make of The Best of All Possible Worlds.The general framework for the story is that a race of somewhat-human beings, the Sadiri, has been all but wiped out ...
Very enjoyable tour around a planet with a woman who does not know how limited she is, and a man whose culture sets store by how careful they are with themselves and one another. The two of them work together as part of a team of anthropologists and face challenges together, experience the depths o...
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