Imperial Radch Ancillary Justice, Book 1, (Paperback)

from KarenIrelandPhillips

This multi-layered story weaves finely-drawn personalities, rebellion, religion, brutality, humor, music and angst into - well, Scalzi said it best - a "compelling and very cool" story. I'm not sure that I can do it justice, no pun intended. "What does it mean to be human?" is the question that p...

from kgodey

I've been hearing rave reviews of ANCILLARY JUSTICE everywhere, so when I finally got my copy, I pounced on it and finished it that very night. Despite the sky-high expectations, I was not disappointed - it's one of the best books I've read this year. The protagonist of ANCILLARY JUSTICE is Breq,...

from AltheaAnn

A new favorite author? It could be! This is just exactly the kind of hard sci-fi that I like: it's got the right balance of compelling, believable characters, serious examination of both theoretical and relevant social issues, and plenty of pure action with spaceships and blaster guns, all in an ...

from StormRaven

Disclosure: I received this book as part of the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program. Some people think this may bias a reviewer so I am making sure to put this information up front. I don't think it biases my reviews, but I'll let others be the judge of that. The story takes place in two differe...

from zjakkelien

Quite a few people in the SF and fantasy groups on Librarything were quite enthusiastic about this book, and I have to say, they were right! This book is really excellent. It's very original, with one of the more unusual and sympathetic protagonists I have seen in a while. The main character Breq...