![]() ![]() The control of those gates has allowed Lsel to maintain independence rather than being sucked into the empire. She grew up on tiny Lsel Station, a space station near extremely important jumpgates that allow the Teixcalaanli people to travel easily to other parts of the galaxy. Mahit Dzmare is just 26 years old, and she’s been named ambassador to the mighty Teixcalaanli Empire. But let me give it a shot anyway, because the best way to read this book is to know almost nothing about what happens after its first few chapters. It’s difficult to talk about A Memory Called Empire without spoiling some of its best surprises because the core of the book sounds impossibly dry. Or, if you prefer, it’s an impressively wonky novel about galactic geopolitics that just happens to feature spaceships and aliens. It’s a grand, galaxy-spanning space opera that is mostly about diplomacy. In each edition, we’ll tell you about something from the world of culture that we think you should check out.Īrkady Martine’s A Memory Called Empire, which recently won the Best Novel award at science fiction’s prestigious Hugo Awards, reads like its author was simultaneously influenced by Game of Thrones, histories of the Cold War, various anti-colonialism writings, and the Star Wars prequels. ![]() ![]() One Good Thing is Vox’s recommendations series. ![]()
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