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poloniousmonk

poloniousmonk@bookwyrm.social

Joined 1 year, 2 months ago

A WASP out of synch with the hive. Autodidacyic polymath. Enemy of the state since birth, and i'm tired of it.

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Richard Adams: Maia (1985, Viking) 5 stars

Maia is a fantasy novel by Richard Adams, published in 1984. It is set in …

An underrated treasure

5 stars

It was too sexually unapologetic for its time. Basically GoT, but faux fantasy and seen through the eyes of a lusty lass sold into sex slavery. It covers all the taboos of the time, falls prey to the Black-Warrior-Woman trope, is incredibly labyrinthine in its politics, and I would put it head and shoulders above Martin. And I like Martin.