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"Keep on like that, and next thing you’ll be telling me you’ve found signs of intelligence in our government..." - FMB

“How many loops is this for you?” HECK YEAH!!

LOL: "If checkflag RitajoinsPT =true, then end. Else continue routine: FuckingIsoPush-Ups"

"That’s the thing with books. Half the time the author doesn’t know what the hell he’s writing about—especially not those war novelists." - FMB

These power suits are made of a Japanese composite armor plating that’s the envy of the world. They cover you like white on rice.

Oh this is going to be good.

"The drop of corruption that lies within every society shall always persist." -Ana Dolabra.

One part Teixcalaan, one part Handmaid's Tale, one part corpofascist dystopia, and now one part hi-rise escape! This one's a banger.

"Telltale Heart" by way of gaslighting, postpartum depression, ... and exquisitely described wallpaper.

Hmmm, one would think that Ana would've tried harder to get a name from a poisoning victim as the kerel set in...

Oh man, this story is my jam. Generation Ship gone haywire, but with a plot focused on the aftermath.

ZOMG the voice of this narrator. And Valente's similes: "Her voice cast a shadow in my soul like the underside of a church pew."

Valente is a wordsmith par excellence.

Court intrigue! Plot is racing by. Bennett really has a winning formula in Ana and Din.

Not even halfway, and Ana's already getting a confession?

Oh how I've missed you Ana!

"You know, you are not a stupid person, Din."
"Thank you, ma'am," I said, pleased.
"Or, rather, not an unusually stupid person."
"Thank you, ma’am,” I said, far less pleased.

"Our Expedition" was the best thing that happened to me today. Better than a certain World Cup halftime show even.

Oof, and "Amnesia Machine" is downright Orwellian.

Ok, well that last one, about the dugong, is more melancholic.