Books and comics read in March 2017
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Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Córdova
God's War - Kameron Hurley
There Will Be Phlogiston - Alexis Hall
Weird Space: The Baba Yaga - Una McCormack
On the Edge of Gone - Corinne Duyvis
A Death at the Dionysus Club - Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold
Ninefox Gambit - Yoon Ha Lee
The Commodore - Patrick O'Brian
God's War
I was half convinced I wasn't going to like this, because I'd heard it was pretty grim, and, well, it was (there is one death that I am NOT OK WITH). But it also threw me headfirst into a sf setting and let me flail around trying to work out what was going on (I really love this kind of thing and I don't know why), AND gave me a grumpy, violent female protagonist in her thirties who strongly objects to the idea of having feelings, and it turns out that those two things made me happy enough to counteract the stuff I didn't like. <3
There Will Be Phlogiston
This OT3 romance novella set in sort of Regency-England-with-magic was a complete delight! Just a sheer rush of joy all the way through. <3
Ninefox Gambit
Epic SF with great characters and worldbuilding and casual queerness all over the place! I'll take twelve.
Didn't finish: With the Lightnings
This book is set in space and one of the protagonists is an asexual librarian, so I really wanted to like it, but sadly it was just really badly written - infodumps everywhere - and I just couldn't be bothered.
A short story I enjoyed this month:
Extracurricular Activities - Yoon Ha Lee: The last section of this felt a little rushed, but otherwise it was great. Space shenanigans where everyone's queer! YES PLEASE THIS PLEASE
Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Córdova
God's War - Kameron Hurley
There Will Be Phlogiston - Alexis Hall
Weird Space: The Baba Yaga - Una McCormack
On the Edge of Gone - Corinne Duyvis
A Death at the Dionysus Club - Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold
Ninefox Gambit - Yoon Ha Lee
The Commodore - Patrick O'Brian
God's War
I was half convinced I wasn't going to like this, because I'd heard it was pretty grim, and, well, it was (there is one death that I am NOT OK WITH). But it also threw me headfirst into a sf setting and let me flail around trying to work out what was going on (I really love this kind of thing and I don't know why), AND gave me a grumpy, violent female protagonist in her thirties who strongly objects to the idea of having feelings, and it turns out that those two things made me happy enough to counteract the stuff I didn't like. <3
There Will Be Phlogiston
This OT3 romance novella set in sort of Regency-England-with-magic was a complete delight! Just a sheer rush of joy all the way through. <3
Ninefox Gambit
Epic SF with great characters and worldbuilding and casual queerness all over the place! I'll take twelve.
Didn't finish: With the Lightnings
This book is set in space and one of the protagonists is an asexual librarian, so I really wanted to like it, but sadly it was just really badly written - infodumps everywhere - and I just couldn't be bothered.
A short story I enjoyed this month:
Extracurricular Activities - Yoon Ha Lee: The last section of this felt a little rushed, but otherwise it was great. Space shenanigans where everyone's queer! YES PLEASE THIS PLEASE
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