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Aliette de Bodard

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I am a speculative fiction author living in Paris, with a strong taste for history and mythology. Rice addict, tea addict and nước mắm addict.
My short fiction has appeared in various professional venues, and the first book of my Aztec fantasy series "Obsidian and Blood", Servant of the Underworld, is now out in 2010 from Angry Robot.
In my spare time, I also double as a geek in maths and computer science.
I read in a wide variety of genres and consume an astronomical quantity of books per year. I am also attempting to a. learn how to cook, and b. learn to speak Vietnamese, two occupations that take up a lot of time on my blog.


“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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Average rating: 3.88 · 497 ratings · 137 reviews · 24 distinct works
Servant of the Underworld (...
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The Jaguar House, In Shadow
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Shipbirth
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The Shipmaker
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D'obsidienne Et De Sang
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Obsidian and Blood
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A masterpiece of classical Vietnamese literature, presented in a very good scholarly (and bilingual!) edition with copious notes. Essential.
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Master of the House of Darts by Aliette de Bodard
" 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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Yseult: A Tale of Love in the Age of King Arthur
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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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