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alicehandle rated The Ultimate Threshold: 3 stars

The Ultimate Threshold by A Dneprov, Mirra Ginsburg, Ilya Varshavsky, and 10 others
A collection of Soviet sci-fi short stories, translated into English.
alicehandle reviewed Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
alicehandle rated Piranesi: 4 stars

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set …
alicehandle rated Sputnik Sweetheart: 4 stars

Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
Sputnik Sweetheart (スプートニクの恋人, Supūtoniku no Koibito) is a novel by Haruki Murakami, published in Japan, by Kodansha, in 1999. An …
alicehandle finished reading Час Быка by Ivan Yefremov
There is no official English translation of this work unfortunately. All that exists is a machine translation of the Czech version that was then (poorly) edited anonymously and uploaded on the internet archive. As a result, probably nothing other than narrative and concept remains. Yefremov applies the dialectical materialist method when writing his future society, although still at times leaning towards preservation when imagining their sublation ("the boys and girls"!). Conceptually, it's an interesting and important work of science fiction. Man, I really wish I could read Russian!
alicehandle rated Iron Widow: 3 stars

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow #1)
Science fiction and East Asian myth combine in this dazzling retelling of the rise of Wu Zetian, the only female …
alicehandle finished reading Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow #1)
Content warning character development
Yeah it's teen fiction and the plot twist was pretty obvious but I wasn't expecting Wu Zetian to go straight up villainess. Not complaining though. I support women's rights and wrongs.