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Rated Green City Wars 10/10
His <i>Dogs of War</i> series made it clear that Tchaikovsky is intrigued by the idea of "augmented service animals" or <i>Gehirner</i> and has the wit and vivid imagination to spin a fascinating story from it. I'll leave the plot synopsis to the copy writers at Tor because it's far too wild and amusing for me to make the attempt. I came late to Tchaikovsky because those descriptions can be intimidating to an ancient sf reader. Thank God the man is prolific as Hell because I've got a huge amount of back catalog to work my way through. Suffice it to say that he's a genius and a cracking good storyteller. <i>Green City Wars</i> brought me enormous pleasure.
Rated The Faith of Beasts 10/10
I sat on this for a couple of months because I was unsure I was ready to get back into The Captive's War. The first novel was so terrifying and filled with despair I was sure this was going to be more so. It's just as stupefying in scope, but there are glimpses of possibility along with more death. Very very good sf.
Rated Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout 8/10
Really affecting and raw, not especially self-flattering, and compelling. It's both a showbiz memoir and a coming-out memoir - Laura Jane Grace was well into a music career before she transitioned, though her process of discovering her gender was happening in small ways all along. Intersperses entries from her touring career into the narrative, so you see her story from multiple points of view, in a way.
Rated The Payback 8/10
a fun, breezy crime caper with a lot of personality and some clever satirical-dystopian touches