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>>13148766
Hi, I'm a massive Palmer shill. Her books are incredibly stylised and from the reception here and elsewhere I think the stylistic choices can turn a few readers away. It's written in a rather absurd 17th-century Enlightenment-esc prose, so before buying any of them I recommend maybe trying a free kindle sample or getting a download and skimming the first chapter. It's second-person, and if you don't enjoy the protagonist taking time to chat to you leisurely in the middle of crucial plot points, then it might be a turn-off.

That said... I think they're phenomenal. Some of the best far near-future (2400s) sci-fi I've ever read, and it's so refreshingly Utopian and positive. The world is colourful and warm, and despite the writing peculiarity I just mentioned, Palmer has an absolute gift for painting characters and locations. I don't like throwing this word around, but the worldbuilding is excellent. It almost made me feel like a kid, I wanted it to be real and I wanted to live there. It's simultaneously a history lesson, and while it's author-wank for every author in the enlightenment, the charm and wit of the dialogue between characters as well as the second person passages directed at you the reader redeem it all in my eyes.

I know some people here get pissed off about gender themes, and yes there's some liberties taken here - but I promise it's not just hamfisted in (like Anne Leckies work) and actually serves a plot purpose. Even if you're super opposed to gender sci-fi I think if you want to have your expectations challenged, this is the series for you.

Anyway that's my very biased opinion.

>>11844321
Too Like the Lightning - Ada Palmer
The Thing Itself - Adam Roberts.

too meme the lightmeme edition

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every title from ada's wild ride so far have been gorgeous