The Mimicking of Known Successes
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4.3 • 24 Ratings
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Publisher Description
“Every once in a while, a book comes along that is both a comfort read and a rousing, fist-pumping adventure, and The Mimicking of Known Successes absolutely is both of those things. An utter triumph.”—Charlie Jane Anders
Nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novella
Nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novella
A Barnes & Noble Best Science Fiction of the Year Pick
A Library Journal Best SF/F of the Year Pick
A Book Riot Best Mystery and Science Fiction of the Year Pick
An Autostraddle Best Science Fiction of the Year Pick
A Most Anticipated in 2023 Pick for Today.com | Buzzfeed | Polygon | Book Riot | Ms. Magazine
The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, author of the critically-acclaimed Centenal Cycle.
On a remote, gas-wreathed outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, a man goes missing. The enigmatic Investigator Mossa follows his trail to Valdegeld, home to the colony’s erudite university—and Mossa’s former girlfriend, a scholar of Earth’s pre-collapse ecosystems.
Pleiti has dedicated her research and her career to aiding the larger effort towards a possible return to Earth. When Mossa unexpectedly arrives and requests Pleiti’s assistance in her latest investigation, the two of them embark on a twisting path in which the future of life on Earth is at stake—and, perhaps, their futures, together.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Older (...and Other Disasters) packs a punch in this slim volume, delivering a romantic sci-fi mystery replete with ruminations on environmentalism and the importance of adapting to change. Life on Earth has ended and the survivors have fled to Jupiter, where they've been living on an elaborate railway system surrounding the planet for generations while dreaming of one day making Earth habitable once more and returning there. Classics scholar Pleiti has dedicated her life to studying the lost flora and fauna of pre-collapse Earth ecosystems. It's a quiet life—until one of her colleagues throws himself off the rails in an apparent suicide. Investigating the case is Mossa, Pleiti's ex-girlfriend, who storms back into her life with a request for help. Together, the two uncover a far deeper mystery with wide-ranging implications for the fate of Jupiter's society and the future of Earth. Despite the post–climate collapse setting, Older keeps the tone largely upbeat throughout this charming Gaslamp romp, focusing more on characterization and the leads' rekindling love than on the dystopian worldbuilding until the heavy-hitting philosophical questions raised in the final pages. Combining an old-timey aesthetic and a powerful message, this sapphic genre-bender is a treat.
Customer Reviews
Beautiful
I really loved this story. It’s beautifully written, subtle, and unlike anything else I’ve read recently. You should definitely give it a try.