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I so wanted this to be a Dresden-like but the narrator is too much of a stuffed shirt, somehow has no self awareness despite constantly talking about himself, and seems to share his misogynistic worldview with the author. There’s too much of that already in the real world, thanks

Oh hello conlang

A lovely mutual-pining gay romance set in the late 50s. Solid usual prose from this author, extra cookie for being well researched. Medium spicy. Bi representation ftw

This one has straight up torture in it, tw tw tw

This was indeed a grimdark version of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. It pairs well with Three Body Problem (either the books or the Netflix series) and rhymes a bit with Foundation and Pacific Rim (the 2013 movie).

Execution is an interesting take on the epistolary; the book is entirely made up of interview notes and other transcripts with no real other narrative text. It works great in a full-cast audio recording but I have no idea if it would be easier or harder in a visual text medium.

Content notes: People die, sometimes violently, and it’s pretty horrible. Some light body horror. Also the main instigator is a manipulative sociopath, and a lot of people have a Bad Time because of it. A nicely crafted Bad Time! but a Bad Time regardless.

Can’t yet tell if this is truly good for fans of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing or if there’s too much fascism in it for that

Same general Event, though

So far this has an order of magnitude greater subtext:text ratio than I'm used to and also an awful lot of token/gruff/brusque sex. Any tips on how to read it?