I've been reading the 2016 sci-fi book "Too Like the Lightning", by Ada Palmer -- and loving it so much! Honestly I was hooked by the *title page*, because it just jumped right into the world building with gusto. (The pic is a bit blurry, sorry. But take a look anyway!)
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"stray"? I don't remember what I meant to type there. O.o Perhaps "strange"...
@gabe so good. Packed full of cool ideas, great narrative voice, tons of lengthy philosophical asides... I really need to reread it some time.
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That series is really something; unique and stray!