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Rough Beasts of Empire by David R. George III

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Sacraments of Fire by David R. George III, David R. George III

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slow-paced

3.0

Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Star Trek: New Visions #1: The Mirror, Cracked by John Byrne

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adventurous funny inspiring fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Lower Decks #3 by Ryan North

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funny reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The Children of the Sky by Vernor Vinge

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.

Not a fan of no sci-fi

Zero Sum Game by David Mack

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Metamorphoses by Ovid, Stephanie McCarter

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.

I was told this was the most accessible translation of Metamorphoses, and I could believe it, but it doesn't make the source anything I want to read.

Killed by a Traffic Engineer by Wes Marshall

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dark hopeful informative fast-paced

4.0

It took a while for me to get into the book, which is structured like a series of blog posts. Once I got used to that, though, I found it to be a very informative critique on the pseudoscience behind traffic "engineering".

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The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah

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adventurous inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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