“The
Last Command” by Timothy Zahn. Book three of the Thrawn
trilogy.
“The
Goblin Emperor” by Katherine Addison. I’ve read a couple of other
books by her under her previous name. She did a risky thing here, I think.
There are tons and tons of characters, political systems, geography, that
weren’t ever really explained. But the main character, Maia, didn’t really understand
them either. So it was quite immersive to spend so much time trying to figure
out who was who (they seemed to have tons of names also, like a Russian novel).
Maia was a delight. As a victim of abuse, he rose above it, and his otherness,
both from me as a non-goblin, and from the elves in the story, worked really
well.
“The
Atrocity Archives” by Steven Brust. I didn’t even remember
requesting this, but I’m sure it’s because of Marie Brennan’s reading list from
August. It was fast and fun. I loved the science mingled with the fantasy, but
I kind of wished Bob did more IT.
“The
Land Across” by Gene Wolfe. This is probably because of
Marie Brennan’s August reading list, too. My fantasy literature course in
University that had the first two of the Book of the New Sun books, so I of
course read the other two, because who reads half a series? Book of the New Sun
was really memorable. I might have also read a collection of short stories.
Anyway. The voice was unmistakable. The ending was so tidy! Everything wrapped up. And two books in a row that featured a hand
of glory! Weird.