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Month: February 2025

Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Mercy — Ann Leckie

I read the first book in this trilogy a year ago. I read Sword over the summer and just finished Mercy in the last few days. I kept meaning to write about this book but life has been very busy, and that business, unfortunately, has colored my perception and enjoyment of this series. I really wanted to like these two book as much as the first one but I did not. I found the first…

Semiosis and Interference — Sue Burke

I am really behind on my reading log and as such I am not going to be able to do a very good job with these two books. I’m classifying these books as “hard SF” because it seems very realistic. No FTL, no “magic” science, and an interesting extrapolation of observed plant biology in outer space. I listened to these two mostly on my walks to and from work during the month of October and…