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Luke revisits Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie to evaluate its significance in the science fiction genre.

Luke revisits Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie to see how it holds up as an early example of the awards-dominating science fiction movement variously known as Tor Wave or Squeecore . See every book/episode of the SFBRP here: https://www.sfbrp.com/episode-lists-3 See the SFBRP Must-Read List here: https://www.sfbrp.com/must-read Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Luke on Bluesky: @lukeburrage.bsky.social Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, so download them for free at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/fiction.html

People in this episode

Host: Luke Burrage

Topics covered

• science fiction
• book review
• literary analysis
• awards
• Ann Leckie
• Ancillary Justice

Keywords

• Ancillary Justice
• Ann Leckie
• science fiction
• Tor Wave
• Squeecore
• book review
• literary awards

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tor Wave, Squeecore

Books & works: Ancillary Justice

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