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The Just City (Thessaly, #1)

Jo Walton

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Jan 22, 2016 Kerry rated it really liked it

Shelves: fromthelibrary, timetravel, female-author

Oh man, so good. I could just read Jo Walton and Ursula K. LeGuin forever and ever. Who needs anybody else.

I think a big part of the reason that I like Jo Walton so much is that she and I have similar (seemingly disparate) interests. So she writes stuff that I would write about, maybe, if I were a writer. Or that I like to read about, anyway. Victorian novels! Dragons! Ancient Greece! Time travel! Robots! Alternate timelines! Moon bases! Fairies! Reading other science fiction books! YES PLEASE. ...more

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Dec 30, 2017 Elizabeth added it

I would not have guessed how compelled I could be by the thought experiment of Plato’s republic as managed by Apollo and Athena.

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Feb 15, 2020 Kristi rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy

Chidi Anagonye would love this book.

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Apr 29, 2015 Laurie rated it liked it

Shelves: 2015

I think you need to like philosophy more than I do to really enjoy this book. I thought it was an interesting thought experiment-- Athene and Apollo and all kinds of people from throughout history try and create Plato's Just City. I thought the first part dragged a little, then I got really involved in some of the characters, then it abruptly ended. It is worth a read, especially if you know a lot more about philosophy than I do. ...more

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