Translation State

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Ann Leckie: Translation State (2023, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

English language

Published April 22, 2023 by Little, Brown Book Group Limited.

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978-0-356-51792-6
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5 stars (3 reviews)

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A Wild Psychological Ride

5 stars

Anne Leckie's world building and psychological insights into the different alien, AI and human races and factions are like no other. Sometimes it's hard to follow if you don't concentrate on the story, but it definitely never gets boring. If you liked the Ancillary books, this one is definitely for you.

Goodreads Review of Translation State by Ann Leckie

4 stars

Another banger from the science fiction (and fantasy) powerhouse that is Ann Leckie. Translation state is an exhilarating ride filled with political intrigue, complex human-alien dynamics, and a sprinkling of body horror. It's more of a departure from the other installments in the Imperial Radch universe, but it still feels like a natural progression in unveiling the fascinating universe Leckie has built.

In Translation State, we follow three perspectives. Enae is the grandchild of an immensely powerful, and bitter woman who ended up dying and leaving no one in her sprawling family anything, and in fact, it was revealed she had no money at all, but an unknown benefactor was left to manage the estate. Enae was the only family member who was to receive anything, which was an allowance and an assignment: find a suspected alien fugitive that went missing 200 years ago. Reet is a 30 something year …

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