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Uninspiring but at least it was short

Famous Men Who Never Lived by K. Chess

January 29, 2021 by lowercasesee 1 Comment

Something about this cover really flashed me back to Fleishman is in Trouble and maybe that set me off it from the beginning. Nothing about the two books is the same (except maybe the setting of New York City) but man, the covers. Anyway! Famous Men Who Never Lived uses the multiverse theory to talk about loss. Our main character is Hel (Helen – I did struggle reading “Hel” repeatedly. I would gloss over the “l” and then struggle with gender pronouns and figuring out […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: K. Chess

lowercasesee's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: K. Chess ·
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