Ancillary Mercy

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1. mattmanserFeb 2021
   Ann Leckie has written a great sci-fi series, Ancillary Justice/Ancillary Sword/Ancillary Mercy, where the main character assumes everyone is a she and keeps referring to them as that all the way through (though it becomes fairly obvious to the reader which are hes and shes).

   I found it actually fairly annoying at first, but quickly got over it because it is related to the plot. Same for Sanderson, I've read all his books and am not even sure now which one you're talking about!

   Sometimes we need a nudge to notice the unconscious bias around us, and it's often uncomfortable.

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2. TranquilMarmotNov 2017
   Also came here to suggest "Ancillary Justice". About halfway through the last in the trilogy, "Ancillary Mercy" and they've all been amazing and incredibly though-provoking books.

   Leckie released a book, "Provenance", this year that takes place in the same universe and at the same time as the "Imperial Radch" trilogy; haven't read it yet but it's definitely on my list.

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3. heisenbitDec 2016
   Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (admittedly end 2015)

   Very good closing of the Hugo&Nebula Award series (Justice, Sword, Mercy) exploring the questions of identity and consciousness of individuals, androids and hive minds on the background of a galaxy spanning social, political and military struggle.

   Yeah and I second the 3 Body Series by Liu Cixin - that is one for the ages too.

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4. TinkersWJul 2020
   I read the Broken Earth trilogy a few years ago-- didn't remember it had won the Hugo award for all 3 books, and don't really understand why it would have won, unless that was a particularly weak couple of year?

   It is a moderately decent fantasy series, but the writing is kind of clunky.

   Looking at the 2017 Hugo, I'd say Cixian Liu's "Death's End" was a much better novel than "The Obelisk Gate", and would have given it to that book.

   For the 2016 Hugo I've read 3 of the finalist("Fifth Season", "Ancillary Mercy", "Seveneves"), but I don't think any of them were all that great... guess just a weak year.

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5. KapuraDec 2018
   This year was a year in which, along with everything else, I read a number of standout scifi trilogies:

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   Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (African girl goes to space, becomes a unifying force in the galaxy)

   - Binti

   - Binti: Home

   - Binti: The Night Masquerade

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   Remembrance of Earth's Past by Liu Cixin (Humans make first contact and it doesn't go all that well)

   - The Three Body Problem

   - The Dark Forest

   - Death's End

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   Imperial Radch by Ann Leckie (A spaceship's AI becomes confined to a single human body and seeks revenge)

   - Ancillary Justice

   - Ancillary Sword

   - Ancillary Mercy

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   Broken Earth by N.K. Jemisin (Earth really hates humans, but some people have the power to control the earthquakes)

   - The Fifth Season

   - The Obelisk Gate

   - The Stone Sky

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6. skorguDec 2015
   I was on a sf kick this year apparently.

   Full list (why can't amazon show me the read dates of my kindle books?!):

   - Ancillary Sword

   - The Magician's Land

   - The Three Body Problem (incomplete)

   - Libriomancer, Codex Born, Unbound

   - Thank You, Jeeves

   - Omon Ra (incomplete)

   - Stations of the Tide

   - 1Q84 (staggeringly incomplete)

   - The Desert Spear (incomplete)

   - The Lost Fleet: {Dauntless,Fearless,Courageous} (third one incomplete)

   - Superintelligence

   - Nexus, Crux (incomplete)

   - Another Fine Myth

   - The Annihilation Score

   - The Man with the Golden Torc, Daemons are Forever

   - The Fractal Prince (incomplete)

   - Crooked

   - Ancillary Mercy

   - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

   - The Traitor Baru Cormarant

   - Excession

   - Hive Mind

   - Seveneves

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