Hold on to your tea, Citizens, it’s time again to blast off into space with the second installment in Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch trilogy, Ancillary Sword!
We read the Ancillary Justice waaaaaayyyy back in May, took a break for Song of the Lioness,and now that the trilogy is complete (as of October 2015), it’s time to dive back in and finish it. In case you missed our discussion of Ancillary Justice, it’s here.
The Imperial Radch series features the following themes: agender, bi/pan/omnisexuality, asexuality, queer, genderqueer; (epic takedowns of) colonialism and racism.
What if you once had thousands of bodies and near god-like technology at your disposal?
And what if all of it were ripped away?
The Lord of the Radch has given Breq command of the ship Mercy of Kalr and sent her to the only place she would have agreed to go — to Athoek Station, where Lieutenant Awn’s sister works in Horticulture.
Athoek was annexed some six hundred years ago, and by now everyone is fully civilized — or should be. But everything is not as tranquil as it appears. Old divisions are still troublesome, Athoek Station’s AI is unhappy with the situation, and it looks like the alien Presger might have taken an interest in what’s going on. With no guarantees that interest is benevolent.
Join us on Dec. 5, Amaat willing, for our discussion of gender, sexuality, and ALL THE TEA IN THE RAADCH. Check out our master schedule here.
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