Perhaps the Stars
Perhaps the Stars is the fourth novel in a science fiction quartet called Terra Ignota, written by the American author Ada Palmer. It was published on November 21, 2021. It is preceded by Too Like the Lightning (2016), Seven Surrenders (2017), and The Will to Battle (2017).
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- Published in 2021 -- 'Perhaps the Stars' The last installment of the Terra Ignota series by Ada Palmer.
It's SF. But written in a conversation with Enlightenment era philosophy and plenty of bits of mythology. Lots of exploration of what could be and what should be, and the interplay of politics and war and ambition and murder.
(A note though, if the style and language of the first chapter put you off, then ... You're not going to like the rest of it)
I went into the last book with two questions:
There were definitely some answers there. Perhaps more answers than there were questions.* Who is on Who's side? * Who _is_ Mycroft Canner? - Perhaps The Stars by Ada Palmer, the fourth and final book from The Terra Ignota series. It was such a beautiful and weird conclusion to the series!
- To quote something I literally read 5 minutes ago in "Perhaps the Stars":
"everyone has relationships with people far away, who inspire, entertain, role models, and also the people we work so hard for: fans, viewers, the next generation, kids somewhere, posterity. I think those asymmetrical relationships are part of what it means to be human, part of the teamwork. Humanity is teamwork. And the asymmetry doesn’t for a second make those relationships any less valid, or less important, or less real"
