![]() ![]() The city serves as a trading post and protected place of diplomacy with the endemic alien species the Ariekei, referred to as the Hosts. “Embassytown” by China Mieville is a science fiction novel about a young woman called Avice who comes from the eponymous city on a planet at the edge of the known universe. Beside it is a small replica of the Rosetta Stone. The paperback book is upright against a glowing white background. Image is of “Embassytown” by China Mieville. This book has been sitting on my shelf for a very long time and I was inspired to read it when it came up in the category of “7th most read genre in your all-time stats” of the StoryGraph Onboarding Reading Challenge 2022. While possibly originally black, the edges have since faded to a purplish colour. I picked up a copy of this book many Lifeline Bookfairs ago for one very obvious reason: the book’s tinted edges. ![]() Award-winning science fiction novel about cross-cultural alien communicationĬontent warning: war, addiction, mental illness ![]()
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