A Letdown in the Last Quarter: Translation State by Ann Leckie
Translation State comes out of the gate swinging, but an otherwise excellent sci-fi is let down by a pretty lacklustre ending.
Tag: sci-fi
Sunday Souçons #20
One book I hated; one I adored!
Not Desperate, Just Glorious: Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
In which humans are the monsters of the universe, Gaea needs to be burnt to the ground, and every bit of hype around this book is absolutely warranted.
SFF Faves From Trans & Nonbinary Authors!
We’ve got FANTASY, we’ve got SCI FI, we’ve got HORROR and SCIENCE FANTASY and SPEC FIC; trad-pubbed and indie and self-published!!!
Sunday Souçons #19
An exquisite collection of SFF short stories, and a historical romance – both extremely queer!
Marvellously Merciless: Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo
In which a scientist is absolutely not drift compatible with a wolf (but definitely thinks she is).
February DNFs
A number of my most anticipated reads of 2023 ended up DNF-ed, alas!
An Epic Dawn: Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott
Gender-flipped Alexander the Great, IN SPACE, is every bit as excellent as it sounds!
(And yes, it’s very queer.)
An Infinitely Mindblowing Finale: The Infinite by Ada Hoffman
I really did not know how Hoffman could possibly wrap everything up in just one more book.
But she did – and blew me away.
A Roadmap to a Future I Can Believe In: Everything For Everyone by M.E. O’Brien & Eman Abdelhadi
I’ve read a lot of books with their own takes on a ‘better future’.
But this is the first one I’ve ever seen that actually shows us how to make that future.