In the far-flung future, a vast empire--reminiscent of the Roman Empire--is in decline. When a massive, thousand-year-old sentient ship learns why, her consciousness is downloaded into a single fragile human body, leading her on a methodical path of vengeance in Ann Leckie's sci-fi epic Ancillary Justice.
This novel garnered all the top sci-fi writing awards in one fell swoop, but came on my radar when a friend recommended it. Despite what I think is a poor title--I've since recommended it to others, and they never remember what it's called--this is a fantastic bit of world-building as well as a cracking good adventure.
I have described this book as what might have happened if Samuel R. Delany wrote The Ship Who Sang or Anne McCaffrey wrote The Left Hand of Darkness. If these name-checks strike a chord, Ancillary Justice is for you.
This is the first of a trilogy, and I am eager to read the rest. I checked this out from the Morrisson-Reeves Library in Richmond, Indiana and read it quickly.
This novel garnered all the top sci-fi writing awards in one fell swoop, but came on my radar when a friend recommended it. Despite what I think is a poor title--I've since recommended it to others, and they never remember what it's called--this is a fantastic bit of world-building as well as a cracking good adventure.
I have described this book as what might have happened if Samuel R. Delany wrote The Ship Who Sang or Anne McCaffrey wrote The Left Hand of Darkness. If these name-checks strike a chord, Ancillary Justice is for you.
This is the first of a trilogy, and I am eager to read the rest. I checked this out from the Morrisson-Reeves Library in Richmond, Indiana and read it quickly.
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