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so I've just discovered my new favourite book and I am DYING to find someone else who's read this. anyone??
the long way to a small angry planet
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I've been meaning to read it for a while but I haven't yet :( I love Becky Chambers' Robot and Monk books though; highly recommend them!!
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Ooooh, I'll definitely have to check those out - I'm guessing they're sci-fi too? And yesss, so glad TLW is on your want to read list!
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It's sci-fi but the sci-fi element is mostly confined to robots. The setting on the whole has a very "returned to nature" sort of feel.
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That sounds right up my street actually! I didn't even know about them so thanks for the recommendation :D
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Of course! You might also like On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
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I've been trying to find that for ages actually! It sounds awesome but none of the shops I've looked in have had it. Sad times
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I think it might be available online?
I read this book a while ago and I can't remember much beyond really enjoying it lol
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Yep, it's just a warm hug in book form, isn't it?
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Of course! You might also like On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
I originally heard of this on Tumblr and the same post had a whole list of queer sci-fi books that I'm dying to read:
The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula Le Guin
Machine, Elizabeth Bear
Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie
Winter’s Orbit, Everina Maxwell
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, Becky Chambers
A Matter Of Oaths, Helen S. Wright
A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine
The Collapsing Empire, John Scalzi
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Ooh you should read This Is How You Lose the Time War! It's one of my favorite books; it's a sapphic time travel story in space and the writing is gorgeous
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I keep seeing that book EVERYWHERE and it does sound really good! Right, looks like I'd better add it to my list
Yep, it's just a warm hug in book form, isn't it?
oh shit it has the lizard lady right?? and it's sapphic/poly or something?? or am i thinking of a different book
This Is How You Lose the Time War looks so good! but i have so many other books i gotta read, and i've been in a major reading slump recently
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This Is How You Lose the Time War looks so good! but i have so many other books i gotta read, and i've been in a major reading slump recently
Very fair, and also mood
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I will say that it's definitely one where you need to be in the mood for the flowery writing style. I didn't love it the first time I read it but I adored it upon reread
ah makes sense! currently my next book to read is called "A Canticle for Leibowitz". it's one of my cousin's favorite books so i wanna read it before i go visit them next week
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Yep, it's just a warm hug in book form, isn't it?
oh shit it has the lizard lady right?? and it's sapphic/poly or something?? or am i thinking of a different book
Yeah, Sissix is the lizard lady! And yep it's got a super cute sapphic romance too.
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ah makes sense! currently my next book to read is called "A Canticle for Leibowitz". it's one of my cousin's favorite books so i wanna read it before i go visit them next week
At the mo I'm reading Once And Future, which seems to be in the same vein of queer sci-fi as the other books on this thread actually! I'm only like, a chapter in so far but from what I've heard, it's a queer retelling of Arthurian legend IN SPACE with a very cool female protagonist.
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ah makes sense! currently my next book to read is called "A Canticle for Leibowitz". it's one of my cousin's favorite books so i wanna read it before i go visit them next week
At the mo I'm reading Once And Future, which seems to be in the same vein of queer sci-fi as the other books on this thread actually! I'm only like, a chapter in so far but from what I've heard, it's a queer retelling of Arthurian legend IN SPACE with a very cool female protagonist.
I haven't read Once And Future (I started it but dnf'd it bc there was other stuff I wanted to read more lol) but I have three A.R. Capetta books checked out rn and they are sound very fun and very queer. My current read is Giovanni's Room and I'm only like one hundred pages in but I think it will destroy me
Yep, it's just a warm hug in book form, isn't it?
oh shit it has the lizard lady right?? and it's sapphic/poly or something?? or am i thinking of a different book
Yeah, Sissix is the lizard lady! And yep it's got a super cute sapphic romance too.
aaaah i was remembering right!
ah makes sense! currently my next book to read is called "A Canticle for Leibowitz". it's one of my cousin's favorite books so i wanna read it before i go visit them next week
At the mo I'm reading Once And Future, which seems to be in the same vein of queer sci-fi as the other books on this thread actually! I'm only like, a chapter in so far but from what I've heard, it's a queer retelling of Arthurian legend IN SPACE with a very cool female protagonist.
Omg i LOVED once and future!! it's so good
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ah makes sense! currently my next book to read is called "A Canticle for Leibowitz". it's one of my cousin's favorite books so i wanna read it before i go visit them next week
At the mo I'm reading Once And Future, which seems to be in the same vein of queer sci-fi as the other books on this thread actually! I'm only like, a chapter in so far but from what I've heard, it's a queer retelling of Arthurian legend IN SPACE with a very cool female protagonist.
Omg i LOVED once and future!! it's so good
Aaaaa I can't wait to read it all now
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@MerrilyWeRollAlong I don't think I've heard of Giovanni's Room, what's it about?
ah makes sense! currently my next book to read is called "A Canticle for Leibowitz". it's one of my cousin's favorite books so i wanna read it before i go visit them next week
At the mo I'm reading Once And Future, which seems to be in the same vein of queer sci-fi as the other books on this thread actually! I'm only like, a chapter in so far but from what I've heard, it's a queer retelling of Arthurian legend IN SPACE with a very cool female protagonist.
Omg i LOVED once and future!! it's so good
Aaaaa I can't wait to read it all now
Merlin is my favorite character, I think
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@MerrilyWeRollAlong I don't think I've heard of Giovanni's Room, what's it about?
It's by James Baldwin and it's about the doomed relationship between two men in 1950s Paris. Gorgeous, gorgeous prose. I almost cried tbh.
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Ooooh, might look into it at some point
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ah makes sense! currently my next book to read is called "A Canticle for Leibowitz". it's one of my cousin's favorite books so i wanna read it before i go visit them next week
At the mo I'm reading Once And Future, which seems to be in the same vein of queer sci-fi as the other books on this thread actually! I'm only like, a chapter in so far but from what I've heard, it's a queer retelling of Arthurian legend IN SPACE with a very cool female protagonist.
I just realised I've been around people who don't read for way too long, I default to assuming people have never heard of the book I'm about to recommend lmao
lol mood tho. my best friend reads REALLY slowly. i loaned her a book two months ago and she still hasn't finished