Damn, this book is very good and queer and is older than me!! Thanks for bringing it to my attention, Becky Chambers
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Ell wants to read Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K Jarboe
Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K Jarboe
In this debut collection of body-horror fairy tales and mid-apocalyptic Catholic cyberpunk, memory and myth, loss and age, these are …
Ell started reading Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #2)
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #2)
After rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues the story of the penumbral Ninth House in Harrow …
Ell wants to read Wordslut by Amanda Montell
Wordslut by Amanda Montell
The word "bitch" conjures many images for many people but is most often meant to describe an unpleasant woman. Even …
Ell started reading System Collapse by Martha Wells(duplicate) (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
System Collapse by Martha Wells(duplicate) (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation …
Ell finished reading Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall.
When …
Ell started reading Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall.
When …
Ell commented on A Matter of Oaths by Helen S. Wright
1 online resource (330 pages)
Ell started reading A Matter of Oaths by Helen S. Wright
A Matter of Oaths by Helen S. Wright
1 online resource (330 pages)
Ell started reading The Free People's Village by Sim Kern
Ell started reading Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang
Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort …
Ell started reading Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
After declaring independence from Earth, Mars still faces problems: an impending ice age, a search for religious meaning, and immigration. …
Ell finished reading Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an …
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There was an interesting in-world comment about the protagonist's book ending suddenly/unexpectedly, which was very much my experience with Cloud Atlas - curious to see how that weaves in as well!
Ell commented on Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled …
So far this bears much resemblance structurally to Cloud Atlas, but is less than half the length. I ultimately found Cloud Atlas overambitious, so I'm interested to see where this one goes!