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Tag: Science Fiction
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The McMahon Institute for Unquiet Minds – by Tade Thompson
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• Prelude to what will become the Wormwood trilogy • A psychiatric institution that doesn’t do much for anyone’s mental health
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Ancillary Justice – by Ann Leckie
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• What’s left of sentient warship develops her own individuality • Everybody gets she/her pronouns as the main character doesn’t really get gender • A very slow and pensive quest for revenge
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The Dowry of Angyar – by Ursula K. Le Guin
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• First introduction to the Hainish Cycle • Folk-tale themes in a SF setting • Space princess seeks her heritage, at a price
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Night’s Slow Poison – by Ann Leckie
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• A short story set in what will become the Imperial Radch universe • A claustrophobic journey through space and memory
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Babel-17 – by Samuel R. Delany
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• Whorfian linguistic relativity – IN SPACE! • In the midst of an interplanetary war, they called a poet
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Sorrowland – by Rivers Solomon
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• A Black albino teenager runs away from a religious cult • Fungal superpowers as a metaphor for generational trauma • Queer joy is messy and beautiful
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The Lathe of Heaven – by Ursula K. Le Guin
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• If your dreams can shape reality, be careful what you whish for • Utilitarianism leads to unsettling consequences • And let’s not forget some Taoist wisdom