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You should read this book even though I did not like it

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

February 3, 2021 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

Aster is low-deck woman on the spaceship Matilda. The citizens of Matilda are stratified across racial lines: darker people of color on the lower decks with lighter skinned citizens occupying the upper decks. As you might guess, the lower decks have increased police presence and poor living conditions. The upper decks have more freedom and significantly better quarters and living conditions. Sound familiar? The citizens of Matilda were long ago promised that they were on a journey to a new land, yet that promise seems further and further […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: intersex, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, neuroatypical, neurodiverse, Race, Rivers Solomon

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: intersex, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, neuroatypical, neurodiverse, Race, Rivers Solomon ·
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Book Club Discussion: The Future is Queer!

June 19, 2020 by faintingviolet 19 Comments

The time has arrived, I’ve been looking forward to The Future is Queer book club since we hatched the idea late last year. What better way to celebrate Pride than to focus on some speculative fiction by and about LGBTQ folks. Whether you read one or all four of our options, I hope you find something below that sparks your interest so we can continue to enjoy talking about books together. On to the boilerplate: ground rules remain the same as they always have. For […]

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: Becky Chambers, book club, Cannon Book Club, CannonBookClub, Farah Naz Rishi, M.K. England, Rivers Solomon, The Future is Queer

Post by faintingviolet · Genres: Book Club · Tags: Becky Chambers, book club, Cannon Book Club, CannonBookClub, Farah Naz Rishi, M.K. England, Rivers Solomon, The Future is Queer ·
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Incredibly timely, CBRbookclub is two for two this year in books that are unexpectedly relevant

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

June 18, 2020 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

The themes of gender identity and the LGBTQ+ spectrum were always going to be relevant for Pride month and An Unkindness of Ghosts was thoughtfully chosen for this book club.  However, current events have given an added layer of pertinence.  Earlier this year, the CBR Book Club had chosen Station Eleven and then we found ourselves in a pandemic.  This month we are seeing protesting to change a racist police system (and institutionalized racism) and An Unkindness of Ghosts has an outright rebellion against the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #CannonballBookClub, autism spectrum, cbr12, Dome'Loki, Fiction, LGBTQ, Rivers Solomon, sci-fi

Dome'Loki's CBR12 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #CannonballBookClub, autism spectrum, cbr12, Dome'Loki, Fiction, LGBTQ, Rivers Solomon, sci-fi ·
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Too Much and Too Little

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

June 18, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Rivers Solomon tells an unflinching tale of slavery and survival, set in a future that is horrifically similar to both America’s dreadful past and terrible present. They sugarcoat nothing; what else would you expect from a story that starts with a gruesome amputation? I have to applaud Solomon for writing a brutal and gut wrenching story. They shout out the horrors of racism, giving graphic depictions of brutality. Black women are tortured, raped, and publicly executed, and Solomon makes you stare at these scenes of […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: black voices, CannonBookClub, dystopian future, LGTBQI, nonbinary voices, Racism, religious extremism, Rivers Solomon, Slavery, The Future is Queer, violence

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:60 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: black voices, CannonBookClub, dystopian future, LGTBQI, nonbinary voices, Racism, religious extremism, Rivers Solomon, Slavery, The Future is Queer, violence ·
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This one is for thinking, not for fun

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

June 11, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

I wish I’d had more time with this novel but I had to give An Unkindness of Ghosts back to the library because someone else requested it. This means I may have had to rush reading a little and thus may not be as particular about the style and details as I might otherwise be. Here’s why this matters: this is not one of those books you read and enjoy. This is one of those books you read, either don’t exactly like or quite understand […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #CannonballBookClub, #Science Fiction, An Unkindness of Ghosts, queer, Race, Rivers Solomon, space fiction, Speculative Fiction, The Future is Queer

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:49 · Genres: Book Club, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #CannonballBookClub, #Science Fiction, An Unkindness of Ghosts, queer, Race, Rivers Solomon, space fiction, Speculative Fiction, The Future is Queer ·
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