6/29/2023 0 Comments Ann leckie ancillary![]() ![]() And, once the plot started moving, I was all in. ![]() The book starts out slow, but it still took me a while to grok the concept of ancillaries and the idea of this massive AI system, and to orient myself in this universe. ![]() On the other hand, I didn't feel like I was guided by the author quite enough through the beginning of Chapter 2 when we're introduced to the flashback on Shis'urna. I felt bombarded by names and places and details in the first chapters, and the explanations didn't feel natural. Simultaneously, too much and too little was explained. Who's Confused? Lexi Pandell, Assistant Research Editor: I'm not a huge reader of sci-fi and, at first, I thought this book wouldn't be for me because of something I find challenging about this genre-world-building bogged down in detail. As for next week's assignment, let's read through chapter 16. Read up on our thoughts below, then join us in the comments for further discussion. Which is, of course, great for our purposes. Not only are most gender pronouns "she," but Leckie isn't exactly generous with her world-building-she holds back on explanation in favor of letting readers do the work. That's what we're discovering as we embark on Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice, the first book in her Imperial Radch trilogy. Good science fiction requires close reading. ![]()
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