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Review of ‘A Memory Called Empire’

Mahit Dzmare, ambassador from the small mining station Lsel to the behemoth Teixcalaan Empire, carries the memories of her late predecessor, Yskandr Aghavn, in her mind. Until those memories are forcefully and inexplicably removed, leaving her abandoned on a world whose people speak in poetic allusions; name themselves after flowers, abstract concepts and sometimes vehicles…

Interview with Arkady Martine

We talked to A Memory Called Empire author Arkady Martine about faster-than-light travel, the joys of creating a complicated naming-system and which historical figure’s memories she’d like implanted in her brain.


Featuring ‘A Memory Called Empire’

Book Clubs: June 2021

These four out-of-this-world science fiction and fantasy novels are perfect for book clubs.


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