What I’ve been reading
If – as Larry Niven’ s ‘Law’ would have it – the only universal message in science fiction is ‘There exist minds that think as well as you do, but differently’ then this particular book is a fascinating study of navigating relationships when mutual social cues and basic understandings are not a given. The biology is mostly similar, the technological cultures are mutually comprehensible, and the linguistic barrier has been surmounted – but what if something still just doesn’t translate?
The drama hinges on the well-being of the protagonist – and maybe human presence on the world depicted in the book – being dependant on the goodwill of beings who may not have such a concept. The consummate writing means that despite not being sure I’d be into holiday reading hinging on diplomacy and not PEW!PEW! I was hooked and will definitely reading more of this series, and this author (though that was never really in doubt…).
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