Speeth asked Ann Leckie:

Hi Ann Leckie! Why is "Awn Elming" in the Roman script on the memorial pins? Can I take this to mean that the official script of the Radch is the Roman, and that Radchaai uses the same alphabet as English? Are the Radchaai names we've seen written in the book actually written as they would appear on Radchaai documents? ...or did you decide it was best to print "Awn Elming" on the pins as it appears in the books?

Ann Leckie I guess I could have designed a script--Radchaai doesn't use the same alphabet we do. But then no one could have read the pin! So I compromised, by using letters that people could actually read.

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Loved the Ancillary books, just wondering if there's plans for hardcover release? I know about the Subterranean Press but Justice has already sold out and I'm not one for signed copies or such.

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Another question: is Dlique citing Sherlock from BBC?

Loved the Ancillary books, just wondering if there's plans for hardcover release? I know about the Subterranean Press but Justice has already sold out and I'm not one for signed copies or such.

Do you think that over the years, Romantic relations have become sort of mandatory in the Fantasy and Sci-Fi genre, compared to the 19's? ﻿

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Do you think that over the years, Romantic relations have become sort of mandatory in the Fantasy and Sci-Fi genre, compared to the 19's?