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horizon. "Here is your new thread. Only you
Daniel Suarez • Daemon
obsequious
James S. A. Corey • Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse Book 8)
Pyrrhic
Frank Herbert • Children of Dune
As dear as her crewmates were, constantly having to explain cultural differences, to bite back a friendly remark that might offend alien ears, to hold her hands still when she wanted to touch someone—it all grew tiring.
Becky Chambers • The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers Book 1)
To know that these people counted for so little that anyone holding a phone could intervene in their lives, as if ordering a meal to be delivered, could type and sign a quick letter authorizing the transfer of any chained person from one Ship to another, just as Marjorie had done.
Sofia Samatar • The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
maelstrom.
Frank Herbert • Dune
before,
Kim Stanley Robinson • Shaman
