Teaser Tuesday: “The Future is Blue”

So this week I was reading The Future is Blue, a story collection by one of my favorite writers, Catherynne M. Valente:

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Teaser Tuesday: “The Poppy War”

So this week I was reading The Poppy War, by R.F. Kuang, which I would characterize as Big Trouble in Little China meets Harry Potter meets Mulan, although insofar as I have never actually seen Mulan (any version) I’m kind of just guessing on that last one*.

Smoke gets in your eyes.
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Teaser Tuesday: “Theory of Bastards”

So this week I was reading Theory of Bastards, by Audrey Schulman, AKA Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Bonobo Sex But Were Afraid To Ask.

Ooh, it’s a green-eyed monster!
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Teaser Tuesday: “Green Earth”

So this week, and probably for a few weeks more (the entire thing being just north of 1,200 pages), I was reading Green Earth, by Kim Stanley Robinson:

Nice planet you got there. Be a shame if something were to happen to it.
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Teaser Tuesday: “All Systems Red”

So this week I was reading All Systems Red, the first novella in “The Introvertbot Murderbot Diaries”, the multiple-award-winning series by Martha Wells:

Danger*, Will Robinson!
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Teaser Tuesday: “Space Opera”

So this week I was reading Space Opera, by one of my favorite authors, Catherynne M. Valente:

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Teaser Tuesday: “The Seventh Sword” Collection

So this week, and likely for several weeks yet to come*, I have been reading The Seventh Sword, an omnibus collecting the four books in “The Seventh Sword” series, by Dave Duncan:

Way to put a spoiler in one of your book titles, Dave.
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Teaser Tuesday: “Across the Universe”

So this week I was reading Across the Universe, a YA/SF novel by Beth Revis, in which colonists from Earth are loaded into a gigantic spaceship and sent to Alpha Centauri to see about setting up shop there:

🎵 Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup … 🎵
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Teaser Tuesday: “The Gone-Away World”

So this week I was reading The Gone-Away World, by Nick Harkaway:

Not to be confused with the Offspring song
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Teaser Tuesday: “The Boy Who Lost Fairyland”

So this week I was reading The Boy Who Lost Fairyland, the next-to-last entry in Catherynne M. Valente’s “Fairyland” series (not counting a couple of interstitial short stories):

🎵 … and when the wombat comes, he will find me gone … 🎶
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