It's one object, don't pause between the words.

Anyway, I'm not going to finish listening to this because now I have a paper copy of the book and I keep getting distracted from the story by how much I hate 'infofiche stick'. Which might work for something from an omniscient POV but it doesn't here where you're supposed to be in Mahit's head, where she's having EMOTIONS. Also this is all from Mahit's point of view but the narrator flattens her affect anytime she's not doing dialogue so it comes across as very flat and deliberate. The drunk guy as Irish? Really? Nineteen Adze as British? I mean, I guess Britain was a colonial power but that just doesn't seem like a great choice for this particular book given that Teixcalaan is deliberately modeled a non-western colonial culture. The narrator tries to do accents to differentiate the characters but a) seems to have trouble remembering what she was using for which character so sometimes it's hard to tell who's supposed to be speaking and b) made some Choices that had me scratching my head. I love the story but ended up buying the actual book, which I'm going to read myself. Story is great, weird editing, not great narration This book has everything I love.' (Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky )

Now, Mahit must discover who is behind the murder, rescue herself, and save her station from Teixcalaan's unceasing expansion - all while navigating an alien culture that is all too seductive, engaging in intrigues of her own, and hiding a deadly technological secret - one that might spell the end of her station and her way of life - or rescue it from annihilation.Ī fascinating space-opera debut, Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire is an interstellar mystery adventure. But no one will admit that his death wasn't an accident - or that Mahit might be next to die, during a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court. All around brilliant space opera, I absolutely love it.' (Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice )Īmbassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining station, has died. ' A Memory Called Empire perfectly balances action and intrigue with matters of empire and identity. Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best NovelĪ Locus, and Nebula Award nominee for 2019Ī Best Book of 2019: Library Journal, Polygon, Den of GeekĪ Guardian Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2019 and “Not the Booker Prize” NomineeĪ Goodreads Biggest SFF Book of 2019 and Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee

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