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Embassytown by China Mieville Review
Embassytown by China Mieville – – sci-fiFar into the future, humans have expanded out into space, colonizing distance planets. They walk among other sentient beings, many of whom humans can communicate with easily. It is on one of these planets that a small ghetto-like town, Embassytown, resides, where the aliens (Ariekei) speak a special type of language. Humans try and mimic their language by using twins who speak at the same time. Follow Avice as she finally learns what drives the politics of their relationship.
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The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling Review
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling – – mysteryIn The Casual Vacancy, a local councilman in a small town dies, which leads to the whole town going downhill when his council seat comes up for re-election.
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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North Review
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North – – fantasyHarry August gets to relive life over and over again. When Harry dies, he is reborn at the same place and time, with all of his memories intact. At the end of one of his lives, Harry is visited by a young girl with a message passed down through others of his kind: the world is ending and now it’s his job to figure out what to do about it.
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The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon Review
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon – – sci-fiThe Speed of Dark is a novel set in the near future, where most diseases and genetic easily fixed at birth. A few members of society, who were too old to receive the treatments, live life outside the realm of normalcy. Some of these people have autism, but are high functioning and capable members of society. When new research emerges that can make those with autism “normal”, Lou must decide if he wants to try the new therapy.
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin Review
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin – – sci-fiUrsula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed revolves around a physicist named Shevek who is from a utopian moon that borders a hierarchical caste like system planet. On the moon, every one is looked at equally, whereas on the planet, there are servants, rich, intellectuals, etc. Shevek is intent on enacting change that would end the isolation of his own world and reconnect the two together again.