Naomi SaphraThe most fun I ever had on the birdsite was making a recommendation thread. So I'll try it here!
Recommend me something, anything! I will reply with a recommendation back.
Jeremy Kahn@nsaphra A Memory of Empire by Arkady Martine
Good, queer, complicated diplomatic SF about cultural/military/love affairs, hegemony and the secret knowledges of the colonized
@trochee I recommend Samuel R Delany, a queer black man who wrote New Wave scifi in the 60s/70s. You can start anywhere depending on your taste, but I really like his trashy pulp sword&sorcery novel Tales of Neveryon. At one point, he throws shade on all of fantasy worldbuilding by like
"I'm not going to describe their gods because then you'll ascribe their culture to their metaphysics. Your behavior is barely informed by your metaphysics, so neither is theirs." https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6debe3f5-e43b-46c9-b116-c251b63447ed
@nsaphra oh hell yeah Delany is the best