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Across a Field of Starlight by Blue Delliquanti

February 5, 2022 by GentleRain 2 Comments

This was another great purchase courtesy of the new YA graphic novel section at my Barnes & Noble! Across a Field of Starlight has everything I want in a book — thoughtful science fiction, an examination of what growing up in a traumatic situation of deprivation vs growing up in a utopian commune situation does to you, interrogation of colonialism, mental health, trans and queer characters (one of the main characters has the pansexual pride flag tattooed on their arm!), body diversity, etc, etc, etc… […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Blue Delliquanti, colonialism, Imperialism, nonbinary, Queer characters, space battles, transgender characters, trauma

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:34 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #Science Fiction, Blue Delliquanti, colonialism, Imperialism, nonbinary, Queer characters, space battles, transgender characters, trauma ·
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