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Filled my Earth Day square! (Double bingo)

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

November 8, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

CBR16 Bingo: Earth Day (while this novella is set off-Earth, a lot of the plot involves conservation efforts to try to reintroduce healthy biodiversity on Earth) Mossa is investigating the mysterious disappearance, most likely a suicide, on one of the human colonies on Jupiter. Mossa discovers that the missing man worked at the colony’s university, where conveniently for her and her further investigation, Mossa’s ex-girlfriend is a scholar working with others to try to recreate the ecosystems of Earth before it collapsed. Pleiti is surprised […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, CBR16, cbr16bingo, colony, Earth Day, LGBTQIA, Malin, Malka Older, mystery, neuro diversity, novella, Romance, space, the environment, The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, The Mimicking of Known Successes

Malin's CBR16 Review No:65 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, CBR16, cbr16bingo, colony, Earth Day, LGBTQIA, Malin, Malka Older, mystery, neuro diversity, novella, Romance, space, the environment, The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, The Mimicking of Known Successes ·
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A cozy sff mystery novella that is set in the future but feels like it’s set in the past.

The Mimicking of Known Successes (Mossa and Pleiti, #1) by Malka Older

July 11, 2024 by narfna 6 Comments

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 4 Book 27/30 This was really good! I loved the vibes and the writing and the setting. Definitely reading book two. I’m honestly surprised how much I liked this. It’s really hard to find great, vibesy sci-fi these days. A lot of sff authors go for the colder, more depressing, gritty machine-like futures, I think forgetting that humans like to be COMFY. Even though this book is set after humans have colonized Jupiter (of all places); the humans here […]

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, cozy, cozy sci-fi, Holmesian, Malka Older, Mossa and Pleiti, mysteries, narfna, novellas, sci-fi, sff, The Mimicking of Known Successes

narfna's CBR16 Review No:49 · Genres: Featured, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, cozy, cozy sci-fi, Holmesian, Malka Older, Mossa and Pleiti, mysteries, narfna, novellas, sci-fi, sff, The Mimicking of Known Successes ·
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Mossa responded simply with a Classical quotation: “‘Why are men?’”

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

January 1, 2024 by Emmalita 6 Comments

This seems like a book that would bring delight to many Cannonballers. Malka Older’s The Mimicking of Known Successes was a perfect listen to transition from 2023 to 2024. Just over 4 hours long, I listened to Lindsey Dorcus’ narration instead of the booms of neighborhood fireworks, and then finished up this morning with my first coffee of the year. I knew going in that Known Successes was a sapphic scifi Holmsian mystery set on a human colony on Jupiter. What I love is that […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Science Fiction Tagged With: life on Jupiter, Lindsey Dorcus, Malka Older, Mossa and Pleiti, sapphic scifi, sherlock holmes inspired, The Mimicking of Known Successes

Emmalita's CBR16 Review No:1 · Genres: Audiobooks, Science Fiction · Tags: life on Jupiter, Lindsey Dorcus, Malka Older, Mossa and Pleiti, sapphic scifi, sherlock holmes inspired, The Mimicking of Known Successes ·
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