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sea/sear Gay crow, I h8 cops, not a girl

I tend to read queer and especially transgender fiction, with a slight lean towards literary fiction (can we come up with a better name for this already?), but plenty of genre fiction in there too (not like there's a sharp line between the two anyway).

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Ember Hearth's books

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Margaret Killjoy: A Country of Ghosts (Paperback, 2021, AK Press)
Ryan Browne, Charles Soule: Eight Billion Genies (GraphicNovel)
R. E. Katz: And Then the Gray Heaven (2021, Dzanc Books)

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James Stout: Against the State (Paperback, 2026, AK Press)

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Haden Cross: The Uncontinented Stars (Paperback, 2025)
Neon Yang: The Black Tides of Heaven (EBook, Tom Doherty Associates)
Porpentine Charity Heartscape: Serious Weakness (Paperback, Independently published)

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finished reading Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri

Tasha Suri: Isle in the Silver Sea (AudiobookFormat, 2025, Orbit)

From World Fantasy Award-winning author Tasha Suri comes The Isle in the Silver Sea, a …

Really excellent! I was a little skeptical going in, because I'm not a huge fan of the knights + dragons + witches kind of fantasy, and I'm certainly not a fan of romance plots, but it's just an excellently written book. The magic system is unique and serves the themes of the book beautifully, and the world building is captivating. It runs a little lengthy, but that can be forgiven. I think anyone interested in designing magic systems or fantasy worlds should be taking note.

wants to read This Is Your Bike on Plants by Elly Blue

Elly Blue: This Is Your Bike on Plants (2024, Microcosm Publishing) No rating

The revolution will be green, growing, and non-motorized When you plant the seeds of bicycle …

They kinda sniped me with that subject. Book made specifically to get me

is this the first time im reading a solarpunk book on books.solarpunk.moe?

finished reading All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu

Ken Liu: All That We See or Seem (2025, Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers) No rating

Award­-winning author Ken Liu returns with his first scifi thriller in a brand-new series following …

This didn't really connect with me, to be honest. I often found that the rules and tools that characters resolved challenges with felt unclear, or they'd resolve a puzzle / clue in a way that just didn't feel right. It ends up with the characters not really feeling as clever as the book wants you to believe that they are. Basically I had trouble keeping up keyfabe.

It's also a little hard to avoid the fact that the author is really really insistent that the AI that all the characters make use of (and which the main character specializes in) is a direct descendant of LLMs. Repeatedly. And in ways you can't really ignore. But also rarely actually addresses what the consequences of this might look like in any manor other than offhand.

There's definitely still some good parts, and several scenes really are clever, but I just …

finished reading Escape from Incel Island by Margaret Killjoy

Margaret Killjoy, Jonas Goonface: Escape from Incel Island (Paperback, 2023, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness)

To cope with rising misogynist violence, the US government offered people a golden opportunity: any …

I went into this expecting goofy comedy dunking on incels (and was looking forward to it), but was delighted to find fleshed out characters and nuance?? and also goofy comedy dunking on incels.

Recommended for almost anybody tbh. It's a short novel and it's engaging right from the start. A delightful experience.

finished reading The Barrow Will Send What it May by Margaret Killjoy (Danielle Cain, #2)

Margaret Killjoy: The Barrow Will Send What it May (Paperback, Tor.com Publishing)

Margaret Killjoy’s Danielle Cain series is a dropkick-in-the-mouth anarcho-punk fantasy that pits traveling anarchist Danielle …

Mwah mwah mwah!! Keeps the energy from The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion going without faltering! Go read TLWStL right now, then read this if you like it!