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Poetry and Politics Can Be Interesting

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

March 10, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I am starting to wonder if my local library hasn’t hired someone new in charge of new purchases who might not be my reading twin. The library has suddenly started getting in new books that I personally want to read not long after they are published. A Memory Called Empire is among those titles. The premise is pretty normal sounding: a new ambassador to the capital of the Teixcalaanli Empire (which spans planets and systems) arrives at her new job to discover that her predecessor […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, a memory called empire, arkady martine, politics, space opera, space travel, Suspense

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:20 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, a memory called empire, arkady martine, politics, space opera, space travel, Suspense ·
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A bunch of gay as hell space books

The Disasters by M.K. England

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear

The Sol Majestic by Ferrett Steinmetz

Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White

December 31, 2019 by Amanda 1 Comment

These are some of the sci-fi books I read in 2019. I’m not going to specify how for each one but they are all gay as hell in various ways, which is honestly just how I think space is going to be for us when we finally get there. Or at least, I sure hope. The Disasters by M.K. England takes one of my favorite tropes, a ragtag bunch of outcasts who circumstances force together must fight for their survival and learn to trust and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, a big ship at the edge of the universe, a memory called empire, alex white, ancestral night, arkady martine, Becky Chambers, caitlin starling, elizabeth bear, empress of forever, ferett steinmetz, gideon the ninth, Max Gladstone, mk england, sci-fi, space feels, tamsyn muir, the be taught if fortunate, the disasters, the luminous dead, the sol majestic

Amanda's CBR11 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, a big ship at the edge of the universe, a memory called empire, alex white, ancestral night, arkady martine, Becky Chambers, caitlin starling, elizabeth bear, empress of forever, ferett steinmetz, gideon the ninth, Max Gladstone, mk england, sci-fi, space feels, tamsyn muir, the be taught if fortunate, the disasters, the luminous dead, the sol majestic ·
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