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1 author picked O Human Star as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
As a friend sputtered to me over a voice call: “I don’t understand. It’s free to read online; where is everybody?!”
I agree wholeheartedly. O Human Star is that rare breed: a webcomic taken up over a decade ago, thoroughly plotted from the start, executed with masterful grace and gravitas by an author who loved it enough to do it justice. While executing this story of gay and trans self-understanding, Delliquanti themself realized they were trans, so the pronouns in my (signed!!) copies are different based on when they came out. Finding even a well-written cis gay…
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