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Didn’t pay for this fantasy about economic warfare and rebellion #No Money

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

September 13, 2020 by Aquillia 2 Comments

Having reviewed Going Postal and Making Money by Terry Pratchett for the #Money Bingo Square, I’m going to continue the theme by reading a book I paid no money for (thanks, Tor Ebook of the Month club!) that was also largely about money: The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson. Baru is young when her home, the island of Taranoke, is conquered by the Imperial Republic of Falcrest, known as the Masquerade because of the masks their government officials wear. She goes to the imperial school […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: bingo square no money, cbr12bingo, nomoney, Seth Dickinson, the traitor baru cormorant

Aquillia's CBR12 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: bingo square no money, cbr12bingo, nomoney, Seth Dickinson, the traitor baru cormorant ·
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“It’s not what the Masquerade does to you that you should you fear . . . It’s what the Masquerade convinces you to do to yourself.”

The Traitor Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #1) by Seth Dickinson

March 1, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

The Traitor Baru Cormorant is probably the strongest (fictional) condemnation of colonialism that I’ve ever read. (And there have been some contenders.) I’ve been putting off writing a review of this book (and rating it) for a month now, because I was having such a hard time trying to sum up its complexities, and what it did to me as I was reading it. Mainly, though, this is exactly the reason I love fantasy and science fiction, because it can take real-world concepts like anti-colonialism,  […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, colonialism, narfna, Seth Dickinson, speculative, the traitor baru cormorant

narfna's CBR12 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, colonialism, narfna, Seth Dickinson, speculative, the traitor baru cormorant ·
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