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Just finished reading the Imperial Radch trilogy (Ancillary Justice, Ancillary Sword, Ancillary Mercy) by Ann Leckie - thoughts? (lemmy.world)
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I really enjoyed all three books. They managed to do the galactic empire thing without getting overly bogged down in politics, and character development was interesting. I thought Leckie did a good job of conveying an extended AI in multiple bodies, and a solitary form (avoiding spoilers).

I read these not long after reading the first five Murderbot Diaries books, and I wonder if the Radch books might have been an influence on Wells. Some of the themes felt a little similar, while the stories were quite different.

Anyone read them? Liked it disliked, and why?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've heard someone describe the background as "the most boring universe ever written". I kind of agree when you get into the later two books. No clue why the second and third books got awards, they were painfully slow reading.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hmmm, I don't think I agree with the criticism. The have been a lot of galactic empires written about, but I thought the notion of one emperor who is in a giant number of bodies, all in contact with each other, was pretty interesting.

I don't mind slower paced books. These weren't super slow, kind of medium.