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Aliette de Bodard
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“Chở củi về rừng”: “carrying wood into the forest/jungle”. Doing useless things (like “carrying coal to Newcastle”, an English proverb I learnt at the same time as the Vietnamese one). Hahaha, that one is hilarious.
In other news, I have 3k words on the novel. One of my fave characters just showed up (great cook, good sense of humour, major temper. What’s not to love). Just one more scene, and...
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Servant of the Underworld (Obsidian and Blood, #1)
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Harbinger of the Storm (Obsidian and Blood, #2)
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Master of the House of Darts (Obsidian and Blood, #3)
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The Jaguar House, In Shadow
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Shipbirth
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2011
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The Shipmaker
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2010
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D'obsidienne Et De Sang
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Obsidian and Blood
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection
by Gardner R. Dozois , Stephen Baxter , Karl Schroeder 3.93 avg rating — 161 ratings
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2009
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The Apex Book of World SF
by Lavie Tidhar , Dean Francis Alfar (Goodreads Author), S.P. Somtow 3.68 avg rating — 34 ratings
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If you want to take a plunge into the bloody realm of the Aztecs as Acatl, High Priest of the Dead, tries to unravel the mystery behind a mysterious illness spreading in the capital, then this book is for you. It's filled with palace politics, anc...
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| I've been wanting to read this book ever since the German version came out, and I'm so glad it's finally available in English :) This is a retelling of the legend of Tristan and Yseult (Drystan and Yseult, here), placed in a historical setting of div...more | |
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