Book #111 of 2024: Translation State by Ann Leckie Like her previous novel Provenance, this latest sci-fi story from author Ann Leckie technically stands on its own, yet is set in the same continuity as her earlier Imperial Radch trilogy, which provides a fair degree of important background context on the various species, technologies, and …
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Book #112 of 2021: Provenance by Ann Leckie This space-opera comedy of manners takes place in the same broad continuity as author Ann Leckie’s earlier Imperial Radch trilogy, but it largely stands apart from that narrative, focusing instead on a few civilizations along the periphery of Radchian influence. It’s also a new tone for the …
Book #110 of 2016: Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch #3) A tremendous end to the Imperial Radch trilogy, following several threads from the first two books to their natural conclusions in a way that still manages to surprise. Author Ann Leckie clearly has a lot of thoughts on the notions of consciousness, sentience, …
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Book #60 of 2016: Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch #2) Ancillary Sword is just as good as its predecessor, but with the added bonus that the reader now understands Leckie’s odd system of ancillaries, ships, and tea ceremonies right from the start. (I ended up loving Ancillary Justice, but that story took far …
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Book #30 of 2016: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch #1) I thought this book was incredibly slow at the beginning, to the point where I almost put it down several times. I’m very glad I didn’t, however, as the story gets great about a third of the way through, and from then on …
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