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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a dark and drowning tide by allison saft

Since its entire existence is so blatantly algorithm-optimized, I actually don't have much to say about the totally nonsensical premise,...