he main story involves an occupying force (the Razanei) and the territory they occupy (Hwaguk). But there’s tension, rebels as well as the mysterious ‘Westerners’ who the Razanei perceive as a threat. Continue reading
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Book Review: Translation State
The main story revolves around Enae (who has a complicated story herself) is tasked to find a fugitive from 200 years in the past; Reet who was an orphan who finds out his origins are a lot weirder than he could have ever thought, and Qven a Presgr Translator in training. All their stories get entangled in political and Treaty intrigue as the plot unfolds. Continue reading
Book review: The Church of Saint Thomas Paine
This wonderful book paints such a delightful pictures of those somewhat eccentric characters in this history who wanted to ‘reclaim’ the ideas of church and religion for the non-religious. It travels all through the US, throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries of small little churches and congregations Continue reading
Book review: For the first time, again
This novel focusses on Aster (Lola’s daughter, from book 2) and Samael, the last tracker. Samael continues to be different and essentially teaches Aster how to be what she is. As well, she gives her all her mother, grandmother etc journals so she understands where she came from. Continue reading
Book review: Under Fortunate Stars
The central conceit that makes the plot work is weird space anomaly that brings a ship from the past to meet a ship from the future. So in a way, you know things should work out – though the way the plot unfolds that never feels guaranteed, which is no small feat. Continue reading
Book review: Her Majesty’s Royal Coven
The premise sounded fun, there’s a part of the government which is basically a coven of witches, who deal with supernatural threats to the realm. There’s something on the horizon, but clearly that just turns out to be prejudice. Continue reading
Book review: A half built garden
There were lots of nuggets of interesting things, like the protocols set up to have independent networks and weighted decision making to take the environment into consideration. And while this all made up the world building, it felt like it never really lead to anything Continue reading
Book review: The Stasi Poetry Circle
What it also highlighted was the totatalitarian control over language. There was even a little political dictionary that would define different words. Those interpretations and those only, were the acceptable party line. Freedom meant adherence to the rules and party line, and nothing else. Continue reading
Book review: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
This was a retelling of the Island of Doctor Moreau, from the perspectives of one of the origial characters (Montgomery) and a new character, Carlota Moreau, who you can guess who she is from the title. Continue reading
Book review: The Mimicking of Known Successes
his was such a delightful, cozy little mystery. It reminded me very much of Becky Chambers (in the hopeful, yet flawed future of humanity) but also P. Djèlí Clark’s series with Fatma el-Sha’arawi , the intrepid inspector from an alternative Cairo. Continue reading
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