Elena. reviewed The Left Hand of Dog by Si Clarke (Starship Teapot, #1)
You had me at Spock's Brain
4 stars
You actually had me way before that, but that wouldn't have made for a good headline. This is a fun, queer, and very silly science-fiction story with aliens in space about being who you are and about found family. It's so beautiful and funny and fluffy and glittery. No romance, no space battles, just pure rainbowy adventure and friendship. I like how the communication works - or doesn't work in a lot of instances. It's making me think about language and concepts and frames of references. It could be something to spend some time with and dive deeper into. It's a fascinating topic. Speaking of references, there are a lot of Star Trek ones, and probably of other works as well, but I am not familiar enough with those to understand them. I loved them! I am a big Trekkie, so of course I do.
Looking forward to the next …
You actually had me way before that, but that wouldn't have made for a good headline. This is a fun, queer, and very silly science-fiction story with aliens in space about being who you are and about found family. It's so beautiful and funny and fluffy and glittery. No romance, no space battles, just pure rainbowy adventure and friendship. I like how the communication works - or doesn't work in a lot of instances. It's making me think about language and concepts and frames of references. It could be something to spend some time with and dive deeper into. It's a fascinating topic. Speaking of references, there are a lot of Star Trek ones, and probably of other works as well, but I am not familiar enough with those to understand them. I loved them! I am a big Trekkie, so of course I do.
Looking forward to the next book now.
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The audiobook came with the short story "Jurassic Dark", which is a ghost story like adventure in the, well, dark. I may or may not review it later.