Tag Archives: Ann Leckie

Mini-review: Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

Ann Leckie’s stunning debut novel Ancillary Justice (my review) deservedly swept the major awards this year. To say that expectations for the sequel were high is an understatement, but, happily, Ancillary Sword meets those high expectations and then some. This … Continue reading →

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Guest Post by Ann Leckie: Skiing Downhill, or Agency in C.J. Cherryh’s Foreigner

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

My recent review of Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh led to a seriously in-depth discussion with author Ann Leckie about the agency or lack thereof in the novel’s main character Bren. We started off in the review’s comments section and then … Continue reading →

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Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Stefan (Far Beyond Reality)

Breq used to be a spaceship, or at least a fragment of the spaceship known as Justice of Toren. The ship controlled innumerable human bodies, known variously as “ancillaries” to the people of the interstellar Radchaai Empire and as “corpse … Continue reading →

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