Sunday, March 9, 2025

a planet for rent by yoss (trans. david frye)

 The main thing that comes across is anger, at having to live in an embargoed, touristified place. I really like the bitter, cynical tone and found it distinctive, but this book succumbs to the cyberpunk fault of not having a single female character who isn't a sex worker until, like 9/10ths of the way to the end.

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roadside picnic by arkady & boris strugatsky (trans. olena bormashenko)

 It was lovely to read this after making attempts at books where it seemed like the prose was struggling to convey information, because the ...