#sentient spacesjip (!!!!!!)

[heyheyheyhaveyouheardabout]

do you ever read a book so tailored to your interests that you have to stop and take breaks so you can be Normal About It

[gollancz]

Look at this STUNNING book. So delighted to be sharing the cover for A FIRE BORN OF EXILE by Aliette de Bodard!

It's available for pre-order now!!

If you like:

Lesbians in space

Sexy sentient ships (Who are also lesbians)

SF based on Vietnamese culture

Some light to moderate piracy (by the lesbians and their sexy sentient ships)

PINING

Lyrical and beautiful worldbuilding

Pining lesbians and their sexy sentient ships

Aliette's Xuya universe is the place to be.

The Scattered Pearls Belt is a string of habitats under tight military rule . . . where the powerful have become all too comfortable in their positions, and their corruption. But change is coming, with the arrival of Quynh: the mysterious and enigmatic Alchemist of Streams and Hills.

To Minh, daughter of the ruling prefect of the Belt, Quynh represents a chance for escape. To Hoà, a destitute engineer, Quynh has a mysterious link to her own past . . . and holds a deeper, more sensual appeal. But Quynh has her own secret history, and a plan for the ruling class of the Belt. A plan that will tear open old wounds, shake the heavens, and may well consume her.

Buy a present for future-you, get yourself this stunning book.

Buy a present for now-you, get yourself THE RED SCHOLAR'S WAKE, the book described by tumblr user @heyheyheyhaveyouheardabout as: "#the book my dad tried to discreetly ask whether I had bought#because. its.#sentient spacesjip (!!!!!!)#sapphic#m a r r i g e#OH THE MAIN CHArACTER IS SO TRAUMATISED AND HER SPACESHIP WIFE IS SO !!!!!!#SPACESHIP WIFE MARRY ME PLEASE I LOVE YOU YOUR HAIR ARE STARS YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL I LOVE YOU"

Incoherence as a result of space lesbian romance is not guaranteed, but we're not saying it's definitely not going to happen.

[gollancz]

hey OP gonna share the tags because they're 💯

#this is about The Red Scholars Wake#the book my dad tried to discreetly ask whether I had bought#because. its.#sentient spacesjip (!!!!!!)#sapphic#m a r r i g e#OH THE MAIN CHArACTER IS SO TRAUMATISED AND HER SPACESHIP WIFE IS SO !!!!!!#SPACESHIP WIFE MARRY ME PLEASE I LOVE YOU YOUR HAIR ARE STARS YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL I LOVE YOU#...see I need to be Normal

do you ever read a book so tailored to your interests that you have to stop and take breaks so you can be Normal About It