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A review by sonofatreus
Ancestral night by Elizabeth Bear
3.0
(3.5/5)
Pretty fun and it bucks some sci-fi tropes in interesting ways. I always get hung up when sci-fi tries to introduce new language trends (this books offers “dia” for “day” and “an” for “year,” for example). I always find the choices are both insufficient, since they only reflect a handful of changes, and overly eager, since some of the changes are actually pretty big. Anyway, the story was enjoyable but I kept getting caught on these sorts of choices.
Pretty fun and it bucks some sci-fi tropes in interesting ways. I always get hung up when sci-fi tries to introduce new language trends (this books offers “dia” for “day” and “an” for “year,” for example). I always find the choices are both insufficient, since they only reflect a handful of changes, and overly eager, since some of the changes are actually pretty big. Anyway, the story was enjoyable but I kept getting caught on these sorts of choices.