/lit/ - Literature

I finished pic related today. What a densely thematic book, with lots of ideas to unpack about patriotism, fear, loyalty, and gender. And then there is all the worldbuilding and lore which is Dune-like in scale, but better. LeGuin is a superior prose writer to Herbert, with a good eye for description and metaphor.

The extended survival sequence was also well done, like something from Robert Scott and Shackleton.

The book's 'feminist science fiction' label is too reductive. It's as observational, well-told, and literary as anything by Gene Wolfe.