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I've finished: What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed

This is a first contact novel in multiple forms.

There is very interesting alien biology and sentience to study and one of the main characters is a translator.

But there are also a number of human cultures that have been shaped by different environments and most of the novel observes them from an outsiders point of view.

This is a very anthropological novel in the vain of Le Guin. As a queer man from a poly-amorous matriarchal culture observes a monogamous patriarchal culture.

In the end this novel is about the freedom to become your true self. It is not utopian, there are downsides, but it is unrelenting in it's respect of consent.

I highly reccomend listening to the Wizards Vs. Lesbians bonus episode on What We Are Seeking ofr an in depth discussion of the novel.

https://wizlez.libsyn.com/bonus-what-we-are-seeking

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I've finished: Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys

I was not aware of Ruthanna Emrys's The Litany of Earth novelette that preceded Winter Tide, and know Lovecraft only from other works he inspired.. So I read this novel without much background.

What I got was a mature protagonist, from a community designated as an enemy of the united states, trying to save the remnants of her culture as the red scare threatens to place them on the domestic enemy list yet again.

She has some remaining family both biological and adopted and gathers a number of allies to assist her, but she has to deal with allot of bullshit from allot of privileged pricks.

Quite often she ends up as the only adult in the room.

The magic system has allot of depth and a long history as elder gods / aliens are at it's heart.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/b248cff8-9817-4740-8e57-b5cb0fe8b83e

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I've just finished a reread of Jingo by Terry Pratchett

First of all this is one instance where I enjoyed the new audio edition.

But most of all I'm so sorry we don't have Vimes to come and arrest the leaders of this war and Vetinarri to bamboozle everyone into a diplomatic solution.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6e230660-0fb7-454f-a7b3-199ad0d4044f

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I've finished: GogMagog by Jeff Moon & Steve Beard

Set in a dark world full of bizarre people and phenomena, GogMagog is lead by a grumpy foul mouthed old woman, but her heart is in the right place.

This is a very British book, steeped in British culture history and national trauma.

Thankfully, despite it's title, it has nothing to do with the bible.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f1864bfc-1e8e-448b-8b1f-2e19c8499363

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