Ann Leckie
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| Original Title: | Ancillary Justice |
| ISBN: | 031624662X (ISBN13: 9780316246620) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Imperial Radch #1 |
| Characters: | Breq, Anaander Mianaai, Seivarden Vendaai, Lieutenant Awn |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award for Best Novel (2014), Nebula Award for Best Novel (2013), Locus Award for Best First Novel (2014), Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel (2014), British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel (2013) Philip K. Dick Award Nominee (2014), John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee (2014), Compton Crook Award Nominee (2014), Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Traduction and Nominee for Roman étranger (2017), James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee (2013), Premio Ignotus Nominee for Mejor novela extranjera (2016), British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer (Sydney J. Bounds Award) (2014), The Kitschies for Golden Tentacle (Debut) (2013), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2013), Seiun Award 星雲賞 for Best Foreign Novel (2016) |
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On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Once, she was the Justice of Toren - a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy. Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, and a burning desire for vengeance.Define Out Of Books Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1)
| Title | : | Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1) |
| Author | : | Ann Leckie |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 386 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 2013 by Orbit |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Space. Space Opera |
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Unexpected. When I started this book I thought I was looking at a 3 to 4 star book. Even by halfway I was still thinking 4 stars at the most. But really, it was always going to be a five star book and it took me to the 80% mark to grudgingly acknowledge this deserves a five star. I say grudgingly because this book is not my usual cup of tea. Call me shallow and infantile but generally speaking, I like my space operas to have lots of space battles, lots of fighting/battle scenes with a plethoraI'm almost wanting to give this five stars, because I LOVED it, but the first section of the book is very confusing ( in some ways by choice) and I think that could put some people off so there you go. 4 1/2 stars, ha!This is a great sci-fi adventure following a character who is not man nor woman, and don't even try to figure it out, that's the confusing part. But the character is fomerly HUNDREDS of people, and a spaceship. All at once. Yeah, ok once you can wrap that around your head, it's SO
NOTE: I feel bad changing my rating and my review after so many people have liked this review, but one of the commenters below convinced me that the central arguments I made in my original 2-star review were invalid. And, at risk of breaking the entire Internet, I decided to listen to a reasonable argument and evidence and consider changing my mind. In addition, I decided to reread (listen to, actually) the book in preparation for reading the sequel Ancillary Sword as my due diligence as a 2015
Never have I gone into a book with so much expectation to be utterly disappointed. I think that if I hadn't seen all the rave reviews and up talk about the story and I went in unencumbered with expectation, it might have, maybe got a 3 star. For being a bit different. The concept and idea is sound, it has had potential. Ship and her ancillaries soldiers, the political games and omnipotent tyrant. But it all fell very flat for me. I understand that part of the issue I have in the complete lack of
If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.Warning: Rant follows. Knowledgeable responses to SF require a certain apprenticeship; its impossible to approach SF criticism without a certain familiarity with many SF texts. Just as a wonderfully articulate casual reader cannot simply pick up The Divine Comedy or The Name of the Rose and begin a nuanced enjoyment of both books, a SF newbie must work her or his way into the specialized narrative structures and vocabulary of SF. The
I feel it in my fingersI feel it in my toesImperial Radch is all around meAnd so the feeling growsIt's written on the windIt's everywhere I go, oh yes it isSo if you really love meCome on and let me finish the damn trilogy!Silly, I know. Ok, adding some seriousness here just in case you're still reading and expecting me to come to my senses. This is a very good sci-fi story, with very interesting ideas and if plot drags on you a little bit in the beginning because of all "she/her" (literally)
Ive been systematically devouring as many of these sci-fi series as I can get my hands on (fueled by James S.A. Corey, Ann Aguirre, Martha Wells, and Rachel Bach, to name a few), and Id been saving Ancillary Justice for a rainy day. I was certain I was going to love it but unfortunately it fell a little short of my expectations.For the first third of the book I thought I was having an issue with my ability to concentrate. I found the writing really dense and it was often difficult to figure out
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