Ancillary Justice
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4,5 • 2 beoordelingen
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The record-breaking debut novel that won every major science fiction award in 2014, Ancillary Justice is the story of a warship trapped in a human body and her search for revenge.
Ann Leckie is the first author to win the Arthur C. Clarke, the Nebula and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in the same year.
They made me kill thousands, but I only have one target now.
The Radch are conquerors to be feared - resist and they'll turn you into a 'corpse soldier' - one of an army of dead prisoners animated by a warship's AI mind. Whole planets are conquered by their own people.
The colossal warship called The Justice of Toren has been destroyed - but one ship-possessed soldier has escaped the devastation. Used to controlling thousands of hands, thousands of mouths, The Justice now has only two hands, and one mouth with which to tell her tale.
But one fragile, human body might just be enough to take revenge against those who destroyed her.
'ENGAGING AND PROVOCATIVE'
SFX Magazine
'UNEXPECTED, COMPELLING AND VERY COOL'
John Scalzi
'HIGHLY RECOMMENDED'
Independent on Sunday
'MIND-BLOWING'
io9.com
'THRILLING, MOVING AND AWE-INSPIRING'
Guardian
'UTTER PERFECTION, 10/10'
The Book Smugglers
'ASTOUNDINGLY ASSURED AND GRACEFUL'
Strange Horizons
'ESTABLISHES LECKIE AS AN HEIR TO BANKS'
Elizabeth Bear
The Imperial Radch trilogy begins with Ancillary Justice, continues in Ancillary Sword and concludes with Ancillary Mercy.
Also available now: Provenance is a stunning standalone adventure set in the same world as Ancillary Justice. NPR calls it 'A fitting addition to the Ancillary world'.
Klantrecensies
An original story
I found the book to be very original and enjoyable. Grasping the complex social structures within and between the different civilisations in the book’s “universe” demands some effort on part of the reader. However, the author does a good job by letting the reader progressively build an understanding of it all without resorting to endless repetition and/or completely spelling it out for you ... which is becoming increasingly rare unfortunately, making “this book doesn’t insult your intellect” a metric to include whilst rating.
The book started a bit slow but took up the pace in time and created more than enough momentum for me to start on book 2 of this trilogy right away.