Dust | 
pickA generation ship left earth 500 years ago. Now damaged, it is filled with modified humans, angels, demons, and a manufactured religion. The warring factions must be united to repower the ship before the star goes nova. A young angel named Sir Perceval and her sister Rien are in the center of the war to retake the ship. A mix of biblical and Arthurian imagery, which mostly works but is sometimes jarring. Probably not for everyone, but I enjoyed it
pickElizabeth Bear always throws her readers in at the deep end. This is a weird book with lots of moving parts and little direct explanation of how anything works, and it sure ain‘t for everyone. Me, I felt invited to dig in and enjoy the ride as the characters discover the inner workings of their stalled generation ship with its Arthurian social structure and fascinating tech. I had a blast with it and wish I could go straight into CHILL.
Today I had some spare time and a growing awareness of how quickly the temperature‘s dropping; ie, an 8.25-mile #audiowalk was inevitable. Gotta squeeze in as much outdoor time as I can while it‘s still decent out.
Sock progress, filtered so you can see the pattern a bit better. I‘ve moved the needles around now I‘m into the gusset.
I‘ve been listening to DUST while I plug away. It‘s another I‘m rereading on audio so I can finally finish the series, and I‘ve fallen for it all over again. It‘s weird and cool and confusing in all the best ways, and it‘s one of the rare Arthurian things I genuinely like. #audioknitting
so-soIncredibly interesting but ultimately so confusing and flowery that I was annoyed.
About a third through. Really interesting and unique but I am very confused
Next up in my sff by women end of winter marathon, Dust! I LOVE The idea of a broken generational ship as a whole world to the people living and dying on it, divided into it's own regions and big enough that it must really be a world in and of itself. I'm only 40 pages in and still getting the feel of worldbuilding but I'm so intrigued, it's a beautiful marriage of sci fi and fantasy themes.
My favourite off-planet story? My answer might change from day to day but today I'm going with this epic story of a ruling family on a broken generation ship.
#GIVEAWAYARTEMIS @Liberty
pickThis was a random used bookstore find that turned out quite magical. Broken angels, a derelict colony ship, a fractured AI, and a sun on the verge of destroying it all made for a book I couldn't put down. It was definitely #awholenewworld for #jubilantjuly!
