2 Books Like Whiskey and Warfare

I loved the discussions of free will, individuality and humanity here. What makes us human? If we are so changed that we become unrecognizable on the outside, are we still human in any way that counts? And if your personality is transferred into something or someone else, are you still, well, you?

The story draws you into this fascinating world and its myriad cross-currents, culminating in the event foreshadowed by the title. I won’t say any more lest I spoil things, but suffice it to say that the ending is both momentous and immensely satisfying, offering multiple resolutions and character redemptions.

This series is as good a piece of science fiction as I have read in ages, a story I literally did not want to put down, although one has to make allowances for food breaks and the occasional couple hours of sleep. This is a fantastic, towering work of… show more.

This is a fascinating story, a sci-fi tale at heart with an ace romance subplot between kindred spirits who are literally from two different worlds. Wouter and Nif find an unexpected kinship and forge a bond that neither one expects, a love that’s no less real and valid for its lack of a sexual consummation. Which is the point.

I loved the bani, the way this alien race expresses themselves through color that lends the story an additional level of meaning. As bani and human start to figure each other out, it’s also a joy to see the humans though these aliens’ eyes. Humans who live in “boxes” and travel in other boxes, who rub some kind of sticky substance on their bodies and clothing, and who have many different kinds of smiles and hand squeezes, each one conveying a different emotion.

I also loved the side characters – especially… show more.