![]() While being quarantined at home waiting for the results of a COVID test, I had the pleasure of re-reading the first book and then reading the next two back to back.Īncillary Justice follows the soldier Breq through 2 timelines, twenty years apart. I was very eager to read the next book, but unfortunately it took me until now to do so. However, after the first 3 chapters or so I was hooked and by the end I was completely blown away. At the time, I was out of practice of reading science fiction, so being plunged into a world with new rules (and no hand-holding from the author*) was confusing. ![]() ![]() I first read Ancillary Justice about 6 years ago and initially found it challenging. At the outset, Ancillary Justice in particular received attention for the way it handled artificial consciousness and gender awareness. They are well deserved for the writing which uses the unique point of view of a thousand-plus year old AI looking for revenge, and for the story which follows the complex political maneuverings throughout a massive space Empire ruled by the many clones of a single leader. ![]() Clark Awards (along with numerous other awards), and every book in the trilogy won a Locus award along with piles of nominations. Ancillary Justice was the first book to win all three of the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Arthur C. ![]() The Imperial Radch Trilogy by Ann Leckie made a lot of waves when the books were first released. ![]()
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