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Sofia Samatar: The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

The boy was raised as one of the Chained, condemned to toil in the bowels …

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain is a deeply dark yet eventually hopeful look at the continuation of current societal structures into space.

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a publié une critique de Counterweight par Anton Hur

Anton Hur, Djuna: Counterweight (Hardcover, 2023, Pantheon)

Counterweight

Counterweight is a nearish-future scifi thriller set on the island of Patusan, which I have just learned today has a long literary legacy.

The plot follows an unnamed employee of the LK Corporation as he attempts to unravel a series of events revolving around the world's first space elevator, erected by LK on Patusan. I enjoyed the originality of the setting, but I found the whole thing fairly convoluted and somewhat difficult to follow.

The dystopian corporation-state future where having a literal worm implanted in your brain is a condition of employment is becoming all too plausible at this point.

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a publié une critique de Counterweight par Anton Hur

Anton Hur, Djuna: Counterweight (Hardcover, 2023, Pantheon)

Unusual

I'm still not really sure about this book. I should probably reread it since I think I went to fast and missed some things. It was definitely interesting, but it seemed like there were too many characters for such a short work. None of the characters or the world itself were given much depth. #SFFBookClub