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Mar 09, 2018
☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣
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Thoughts are ephemeral, they evaporate in the moment they occur, unless they are given action and material form. Wishes and intentions, the same. Meaningless, unless they impel you to one choice or another, some deed or course of action, however insignificant. Thoughts that lead to action can be dangerous. Thoughts that do not, mean less than nothing. (c)
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Luxury always comes at someone else’s expense. One of the many advantages of civilization is that one doesn’t generally have to see that, ...more
Thoughts are ephemeral, they evaporate in the moment they occur, unless they are given action and material form. Wishes and intentions, the same. Meaningless, unless they impel you to one choice or another, some deed or course of action, however insignificant. Thoughts that lead to action can be dangerous. Thoughts that do not, mean less than nothing. (c)
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Luxury always comes at someone else’s expense. One of the many advantages of civilization is that one doesn’t generally have to see that, ...more
[June 2024 Re-read] Still great as a re-read. I'd forgotten how dryly funny this could be, amid all the anger and the grief.
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Solidly fun and thought-provoking space opera.
Twenty years ago, Breq was still the Artificial Intelligence that ran a massive troop carrier, the Justice of Torren. Now, she's the sole remaining segment of that AI, and here on an icy, hostile planet, she's outside of the empire's gaze as she stolidly progresses on a secret mission of her own. But then she discovers th ...more
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Solidly fun and thought-provoking space opera.
Twenty years ago, Breq was still the Artificial Intelligence that ran a massive troop carrier, the Justice of Torren. Now, she's the sole remaining segment of that AI, and here on an icy, hostile planet, she's outside of the empire's gaze as she stolidly progresses on a secret mission of her own. But then she discovers th ...more
Hard-core science fiction and I are not the best of friends, and I don't read many space operas, as Ancillary Justice is supposed to be. Because so much of the World made is new, along with the unique names for people and places - I'm left lost and confused. So, I don't tend to read a lot of this type of book. That might account for why I found the first half of this book boring, and frankly, I only kept plodding through because this book has been nominated for so many book awards.
BUT I'm glad I ...more
BUT I'm glad I ...more
If you are looking for something creative and set in the far future this is the book for you. It's scope is big while focusing on the small personal connections. The imagery used to illustrated the authors message was perfect for this kind of book. The switching of view points to get a feeling of the different roles and parts of being a ship with ancillaries was brilliant. The way the main character acted almost human but was different enough because of being and ancillary was done brilliantly.
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