Yoko's Asterisk 🏳️⚧My latest SFF book review column is out in the @washingtonpost featuring three science fiction books where love really IS a battlefield.
Paywall-free link: https://wapo.st/3PrFSGL
In these books, a ballet dancer from Earth has an arranged marriage with a Martian politician. A robot girlfriend becomes smarter than her human boyfriend. And a man who keeps living his life out of order tries to fix the mistakes that hurt the love of his life.
ross@charliejane I wanted these all to be one book 😁 ! Thank you for the recommendations and the gift link!
David Totten@charliejane @washingtonpost Nice review article! I'm intrigued by "The Mars House" and will add it to my list.
Your book reviews are one of my favorite parts of my WaPo sub.
Your book reviews are one of my favorite parts of my WaPo sub.
@SkylarkDuquesne @washingtonpost Thank you so much! That's really lovely to hear <3
Ian Robinson@charliejane Have you read any of Natasha Pulley’s other books? The Watchmaker of Filigree Street is remarkable.
@ianRobinson Fraid not... but now I'm really dying to!
@charliejane It's superb, as is the follow-up, The Lost Future of Pepperharrow. Her novel The Bedlam Stacks is in the same “universe” but has different characters on a separate storyline.