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bazhsw
Posted 2016-09-03 2:39 PM (#14270 - in reply to #12253)
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I read 'The Book Of The Unnamed Midwife' by Meg Elison today and really enjoyed it. A plague infects humanity and wipes out 99% of people. It has a disproportionate effect on women with the added complication of what few women are left (the ratio is 10 to 1 men to women) are more likely to die in childbirth and no children survive. It's a great near future dystopia which addresses a number of themes related to sex, gender, religion and power relations. It's pretty harrowing in places and for much of the book there is a threat of sexual violence. It can be quite grim. The novel also explores our need for love and intimacy, our desires and our need to 'consume'.

Now we've just hit September I'm 2/3 through the year but only half way through the books so the 27 is going to be a push I think. Nevertheless, I'll keep on going. Of the 13 books read so far I've rated 9 of them 4* or above so it's definitely been worth it (although one could argue they should all be since they won an award!)
12 in 12 Challenge 2016

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Hugo winner) 2.5 / 5
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Nebula / Shirley Jackson winner) 4.5 / 5
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (BSFA / Locus SF winner) 3 / 5
Tales From Rugosa Coven by Sarah Avery (Mythopoeic winner) 4 / 5
Redshirts by John Scalzi (Hugo / Locus SF winner) 4 / 5
No One Gets Out Alive by Adam Nevill (August Derleth winner) 5 / 5
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (John Campbell winner) 4 / 5
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell (British Fantasy Award winner) 4.5 / 5
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (Locus Fantasy winner) 4 / 5
Influx by Daniel Suarez (Prometheus winner) 4.5 / 5
The Memory Garden by Mary Rickert (Locus First Novel winner) 3.5 / 5
A Turn Of Light by Julie Czerneda (Aurora winner) 1.5 / 5
The Book Of The Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison (Philip K. Dick winner) 4.5 / 5

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