NB! This is not Ancilliary Justice, but a crititical companion.
This book argues that Ann Leckie’s novel Ancillary Justice offers a devastating rebuke to the political, social, cultural, and economic injustices of American imperialism in the post 9/11 era. Following an introductory overview, the study offers four chapters that examine key themes central to the novel: gender, imperial economics, race, and revolutionary agency. Ancillary Justice’s exploration of these four themes, and the way it reveals how these issues are all fundamentally entangled with the problem of contemporary imperial power, …
NB! This is not Ancilliary Justice, but a crititical companion.
This book argues that Ann Leckie’s novel Ancillary Justice offers a devastating rebuke to the political, social, cultural, and economic injustices of American imperialism in the post 9/11 era. Following an introductory overview, the study offers four chapters that examine key themes central to the novel: gender, imperial economics, race, and revolutionary agency. Ancillary Justice’s exploration of these four themes, and the way it reveals how these issues are all fundamentally entangled with the problem of contemporary imperial power, warrants its status as a canonical work of science fiction for the twenty-first century. The book concludes with a brief interview with Leckie herself touching on each of the topics examined during the preceding chapters.
English language
Published Sept. 23, 2022 by Springer International Publishing AG.
Really enjoyed this book. In some ways it's a classic space opera but there's enough twists on the formula that it feels super fresh. Fascinating explorations of identity, language, and class. The writing was fun and engaging, I ate this book up.
La narratrice est une IA de vaisseau spatial qui se retrouve dans un corps humain. Elle poursuit un but personnel bien précis dans un immense empire implacable, dont le caractère totalitaire atteint des proportions difficilement égalables.
J’étais réticent à lire un space opera de plus, mais réduire La justice de l’ancillaire au fait qu’on y voyage dans l’espace serait comme réduire Les Dépossédés d’Ursula Le Guin au fait qu’on y parle de physique fondaamentale. Le livre est prenant dès les premières pages, bien écrit, et c’est un immense plaisir de voir se développer l’aventure humaine (si on peut dire) que vivent les protagonistes. Il y a également un fond philosophique solide et passionnant sur les IA conscientes (ma petite obsession personnelle), les régimes impérialistes et le sens de l’action individuelle dans une société tyrannique.
Un bijou !
This is a really good read, with great concepts. Definitely a page turner!
