Book description
On Nakharat, every contract is a ribbon and every ribbon is a secret.
On Nakharat, every contract is a ribbon and every ribbon is a secret, braided tight and tucked behind a veil. Artificial intelligence threatens the tightly-woven network. Stability depends on giving each machine a human conscience—but the humans…
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1 author picked North Continent Ribbon as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
These six linked sci-fi stories are finely wrought in every sense: the language, the characters, the plot, the world, you name it. I greatly enjoyed the sense of delivering myself as a reader into the hands of a sophisticated and conscientious storyteller. If you love Ursula Le Guin, you’re in for a treat as Whitcher builds her society through a sociological lens, focusing especially on the oblilgations and responsibilities the characters have to one another. These are beautiful stories which do not lean away from darkness; their strong ethical core and poetic execution make this collection a standout.
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