Reviews and Comments

DS9 has always been my favorite Star Trek series, and this book really helped me understand why. This is a deep and attentive reading of the series that highlights its progressive politics, and the stakes in play when the series falls flat. I took a ton of notes while reading the book, and the book's bibliography is a treasure trove of interesting directions to explore in Black studies, queer studies, and cultural geography. The book's tone is somewhat academic, but I think it's nevertheless very readable for general audiences, especially fans of the series. <3 this book!!

This is a beautiful book, and as near to perfect as I can imagine a poem or a science fiction story could be. The English translation is a shimmering lens that draws you into the Orkney text but never overwrites it—a tremendous achievement—and the text of the poem itself is a sonic latticework that rolls and ravishes without demanding a close semantic reading. The story is told through many voices, and the focus on everyday interpersonal moments is a welcome change from the bombastic norm in science fiction. This is a work that feels whole, but not closed, and one that I anticipate returning to again and again.

Contains, sentence for sentence, some of the most arresting prose I've ever had the pleasure to read in a novel. I adored this book.