Queer, friendly, wordy, neurodivergent. Vacillatingly voracious reader. General rule of avoiding books that are written by/for/about cishet white men, especially Americans.
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After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent …
It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …
Like all of Becky's books, this made me yearn for a better world and also appreciate the beauty of the one I have.
Ryka Aoki: Light From Uncommon Stars
Light From Uncommon Stars is a science fiction and fantasy novel by American author and poet Ryka Aoki. It was …
Light From Uncommon Stars is a science fiction and fantasy novel by American author and …
By AD 2110 nearly 100,000 humans had fled the civilized strictures of the Galactic Milieu …
Gave up very early on after repeated use of the word "golliwog" to describe a troublesome character. No thanks.
When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted …
Mrs. Jane Tabby could not explain why all four of her children had wings. But it meant that her dreams …
A work-from-home comedy where WFH meets WTF.
Told entirely through clever and captivating Slack messages, this irresistible, relatable satire of …
At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through …
A different side of Becky Chambers, but also a welcome one.
Space exploration without the lens flare: wonder, discovery, terror, danger, boredom, some questions answered, new ones posed. This was more meditative than the Wayfarers series, more solemn, more scientific, but still offering a way of thinking about the possibilities of the universe that is as gentle as it is fresh. Her curiosity and compassion resonates throughout, just as it did in Wayfarers.
When asked to talk to students at Broome Community College in upstate New York in the spring of 2011, Austin …
Remembered this from 6th grade assigned reading and decided to revisit. It's sexist, of course, and facile, but I can see how it served as a bridge to other sci-fi reading. I wish we'd been assigned Ursula LeGuin instead!
