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Pascal Mercier: Nachtzug nach Lissabon (German language, 2006, btb)
David Graeber, David Wengrow: The Dawn of Everything (2022, Allen Lane)
Dan Abnett: Eisenhorn (Paperback, 2022, Games Workshop)

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Richard K. Morgan: Altered Carbon (2006, Del Rey)
Piranesi (2020, Bloomsbury Publishing)
Arkady Martine: A Memory Called Empire (Hardcover, 2019, Tor Books)

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Kim Stanley Robinson: The Ministry for the Future (Paperback, 2021, Orbit)
Kim Stanley Robinson: New York 2140 (2017, Orbit)

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reviewed The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (The Goblin Emperor, #1)

Katherine Addison: The Goblin Emperor (Hardcover, 2014, Tor) 5 stars

A vividly imagined fantasy of court intrigue and dark magics in a steampunk-inflected world, by …

Surprisingly comforting

5 stars

It starts out reading like a palace intrigue story, with many scary and daunting things looming in the future of the protagonist, once he starts making friend and allies, things turn around for him. The last ~100 pages are just pleasant pay off for all the characters introduced and bonds built, which was very pleasant to read. All of it still feels earned as well.

reviewed The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company #1) by Glen Cook (TOR fantasy)

Glen Cook: The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company #1) (1984, Tom Doherty Associates Book) 4 stars

Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. …

Strange but fun

4 stars

The narration style takes a little bit to get used to and things are very confusing at first. However, it becomes great quite quickly. There are a lot of short timeskips in the book which mean you only every read some of the most exciting bits of this story.