A Desolation Called Peace
Author: Arkady Martine
ISBN-13: 9781250186478
Publisher: Tor Trade
Published: 2022
- Shelves
- Read Would Read Again
- Why I Chose This Book
- I was hooked by the first book in this series, A Memory Called Empire, and wanted to see how the story continued.
- Any surprises?
- I think the author hit her stride with the second book; I felt like I was reading the script of an episode of Deep Space Nine.
- Lingering Questions
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How do we establish communication and understanding across cultures when there is not only no shared language but also no shared experiential frame of reference? When we occupy wholly different realities, how do we establish connection?
What factors make loyalty and reverence easily exploitable?
- Strengths
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- Tags
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futurism science fiction