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Another gorgeous Xuya novella. I thought the tone of this one was a bit different from the typical mood of the stories de Bodard has written in this universe - it has a bit more of the dark secrets and sexual tension feel that I expect from the Dominion of the Fallen books - but I thought it worked well for this story and these characters.
Ahoy there me mateys! I received this sci-fi eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. So here be me honest musings . . .The cover drew me in and three things convinced me to read this book:1) I love the author's Universe of Xuya;2) It is a Subterranean Press book and they do great work; and3) Do I need another reason? . . .I was introduced to the Universe of Xuya with Subterranean's edition of the tea master and the detective. The author’s excellent page discussing this world say...
Another fun short story from someone who is rapidly shifting from “author I really like” to “one of my favorite authors.” De Bodard is just always so creative, distinct, and evocative, at this point I’d be excited to read the back of a shampoo bottle if it was written by her. And I’d assume there’s some interesting bits of Vietnamese culture sprinkled among the ingredients.This is something between a murder mystery and a heist story. The main protagonist is a tutor, talented but from a lower-cla...
4.5 I find the Xuya universe intriguing- though not always easy to wrap my mind around. But this book had a more straightforward plot- and I’ve read enough other Xuya- that i found it easier. It explores a theme around past mistakes and secrets, self-worth snd acceptance. The characters are many layered and there is a nice twist toward the end.
Seven of Infinities by Aliette de Bodard- A Scattered Pearls mystery- A dead body is found in the home of a semi-wealthy family living in an orbital habitat. Van is a tutor from humble beginnings, who carries a deadly secret and recognizes this body as something from her past. Sunless Worlds is a mind-ship, also with a dark past who comes to her aid, but speaks in half truths and riddles. What they will find is a web of mystery and danger involving more clues, more dead bodies, and mind-shipwrec...
This book tells the story of Vân, a young scholar and teacher, and Sunless Woods, a mindship who is actually a master thief looking to retire. Their paths cross when a murder happens and they proceed to unravel the mystery, while also unraveling each of their secrets as they become entangled themselves.Pretty interesting little book (only about 175 pages), with plenty of lyrical writing and some solid world building in such a short number of pages. I am particularly drawn to multi genre books, a...
Exquisitely beautiful and strange, with characters I loved, a richly detailed and layered world in which mindships interacted directly with humans in ways I did not expect from previous books in the series, and a love story and sex scene that showed me how small and limited my conception of the world had been. Rich and spare. A masterwork.
The book was so full of character study, ruminations and sexual tension that the mystery and its solution got completely dumped into space. Too bad. The author can write absolutely cracking mysteries when she wants them, as evident from her 'Dominion of the Fallen' works. Unfortunately, as far as this book is concerned, she scatters gorgeous prose like pearls, without creating a coherent and compact work. We are left only with introspection, regrets, and lingering images.Those who have a weaknes...
I received a digital ARC of this title from the publisher via NetGalley.My first thought upon finishing Aliette de Bodard's latest Xuya novella was that it was great fun, which comes as a mild surprise. Her stories set in this Vietnamese-inspired space empire universe are always both character-driven and thematically rich, but the ones I've read are often quite melancholy. Seven of Infinites isn't without loss and heartache, moral uncertainty and thorny interpersonal relationships, but at its co...
Loved this story of murder, romance, sentient spaceships and rebellions Full review - https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/bl...
Vân opens the front door to her room to see that the avatar for the mindship The Wild Orchid in Sunless Woods is in the common access area used by Vân and her student, Uyên. Sunless Woods is there to tell Vân that the poetry club in which they are both members is considering ousting Vân on the grounds that she is “commonplace” and “vulgar,” limited by her birth into poverty rather than as a privileged member of the scholarly and wealthy class. It’s a judgment with which Sunless Woods does not ag...
