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Genre/Form: | Science fiction |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
ARKADY MARTINE |
ISBN: | 1250186471 9781250186478 9781529001648 1529001641 |
OCLC Number: | 1246145123 |
Awards: | Hugo Award for Best Novel, 2020 |
Description: | 1 volume ; 20 cm. |
Series Title: | Teixcalaan |
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Publisher Synopsis
This is first-class space opera, with added spycraft, diplomatic intrigue and scary aliens, along with interesting explorations of perception, ways of communicating, and what makes a person -- <i>Guardian</i> A dizzying, exhilarating story of diplomacy, conspiracy, and first contact in the powerhouse sequel to her Hugo Award-winning debut . . . This complex, stunning space opera promises to reshape the genre -- <i>Publishers Weekly</i> starred review Martine weaves a dramatic and suspenseful story of political intrigue and alien first contact . . . each character is rendered in exquisite detail -- <i>Booklist</i> starred review Culturally rich and profound . . . It is an exquisitely written book. Martine is a master at language, character building, and history, and that mastery is evident in every facet of the story -- <i>Grimdark Magazine</i> A worthy successor to A Memory Called Empire. It is simultaneously in argument with science fiction's history of empires as protagonists, in conversation with familiar ideas such as hive minds and first contact . . . while all the time managing to tell an entirely original story -- <i>Strange Horizons</i> You will be endlessly surprised . . . I can't recommend this enough if you're ever looking for something more cerebral, tense and rich -- <i>FantasyHive</i> Entertaining and intelligent speculative fiction. Martine's fiction embraces soaring fantasy mixing imagination with politics . . . One of the best and most imaginative first contact fictions yet to be written -- <i>FantasyBookReview</i> Here's hoping Martine isn't finished playing in this particular sandbox. Highly recommended -- <i>FantasyLiterature</i> A Memory Called Empire perfectly balances action and intrigue with matters of empire and identity. All-round brilliant space opera, I absolutely loved it -- Ann Leckie on <i>A Memory Called Empire</i> A cutting, beautiful, human adventure about cultural exchange, identity and intrigue. The best SF novel I've read in the last five years -- Yoon Ha Lee on <i>A Memory Called Empire</i> An intricate, layered tale of empire, personal ambition, political obligations and interstellar intrigue. Vivid and delightfully inventive -- Aliette de Bodard on <i>A Memory Called Empire</i> An elegant and accomplished example of the subgenre of subtle scheming with a background of stars. A delightful read. I couldn't put it down -- Jo Walton on <i>A Memory Called Empire</i> An exceptional first novel recommended for fans of Cherryh, Leckie, Banks and Asimov -- Elizabeth Bear on <i>A Memory Called Empire</i> A cunningly plotted, richly imagined tale of interstellar intrigue that does something new with space opera -- Ken MacLeod on <i>A Memory Called Empire</i> Read more...

