Diversity Spotlight Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Aimal from Bookshelves & Paperbacks. Each week you come up with three book for three different categories: a diverse book you’ve read and enjoyed; a diverse book that’s already been released and is in your TBR; and a diverse book that hasn’t been released yet.
This week’s topic is space opera!
Warchild by Karin Lowachee
It kills me that this book isn’t more widely known. Over the course of three books, Karin Lowachee tackles space warfare in a way I’ve never seen before, by swiveling the focus onto the foremost victims of any war: the children. Warchild can be read as a coming-of-age story about an orphaned boy named Jos who gets trained to become an assassin spy. It can also be read as a story of a young survivor suffering from PTSD who finds himself getting used by two opposing factions of a war. Lowachee examines the horrors of conflict, both psychological and physical, with a deft yet unflinching eye. The fact that it also features LGBTQ themes and some of the most complex side characters I’ve ever come across, makes Warchild one of my all-time favourites of any genre.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet has been compared to Firefly and Mass Effect and been recommended to me more times than I can count. It features interspecies relationships, queer characters, and racial and species diversity. So of course I’ll read it. The only question is when. Sometime this summer, probably, as it seems perfect as a light summer read.
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White
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The premise sounds like something straight out of Borderlands, so count me in! This book promises fun space adventures, treasure hunting, and some f/f romance between two interesting characters.
Releases June 26th, 2018
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I just requested A Big Ship, it sounds so good! Also, I’m glad I’m not the only one who hasn’t read Becky Chamber’s series😁
I’m very tempted to email Orbit a request but maybe I’ll just wait to see if it appears on Netgalley… 🙂
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet is AMAZING! <3 I hope you get to it soon and enjoy it!
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe sounds great! I'll have to add it to the TBR.
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thank you for reading! <3 And I've been hearing nothing but praises for Angry Planet so I'm very excited. 😀
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe sound so good, I’m so here for f/f romance in space! I hope you enjoy The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet whenever you get to it. It’s such a lovely read, I’m still in awe of the complexity of the worlds and cultures Chambers created.
Well, now I’m even more stoked to check Angry Planet out! And yes to all space f/f romances!
Definitely try and make Becky Chambers a priority, that series is so good! 😀
I’ve been hearing nothing but good things so I will try! 🙂
Ooh Warchild does sound good, I will have to look into that one!
Yes, do so! The series is so good and so very underrated.
Oh, wow, the Karin Lowachee books are ALL phenomenal. Dark, honest, brutal, beautifully written, thrilling action sequences. I’d be lying if I said they weren’t a huge influence on my own series. Great recommendation.
Now that you mention it, I definitely see similarities (in the best way) between your work and hers. I’m incredibly excited that she’s working on the fourth book right now. In the meantime, her short stories are also worth a read. 🙂