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Jyoti Mishra<p>You know when people tell you a book is a romp and it's very much *not* a romp? This book IS a romp. From the very start to the very end, I was like OOH! AHH!! WHUT? NOOOOO!</p><p><a href="https://bookwyrm.social/book/569496/s/the-terraformers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookwyrm.social/book/569496/s/</span><span class="invisible">the-terraformers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/AnnaleeNewitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnnaleeNewitz</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a></p>
Ben Gleason<p>Just finished reading <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@annaleen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>annaleen</span></a></span> and wanted to read more of the same, so I was happy to discover they've written other <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a> books in the same vein, possibly sharing the same universe and timeline. For example, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Autonomous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autonomous</span></a> <a href="https://share.libbyapp.com/title/3120813" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">share.libbyapp.com/title/31208</span><span class="invisible">13</span></a></p>
Ben Gleason<p>I was initially put off of reading <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@annaleen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>annaleen</span></a></span> because it's set more than 50,000 years in the future. It's hard to imagine humanity surviving that long. But once I got over that hurdle, I discovered a really engaging story with interesting characters and (obviously, given the title) great world-building<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a></p>
Earthworm<p>Pues mira, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@OttaviaAllgood" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OttaviaAllgood</span></a></span> , me he comprado la trilogia de segunda mano! Gracias por el consejo 🖤 </p><p>And I bought 'Terraformers' too, dear <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@annaleen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>annaleen</span></a></span>. <br>You posted an engaging sample text when it got published last year and I had it on my list since then :heart_cyber:</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AnnLeckie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnnLeckie</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AnnaleeNewitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnnaleeNewitz</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncilliaryJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncilliaryJustice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthwormBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthwormBooks</span></a></p>
Evelyn C. Leeper<p>MT VOID #2326: Comments on word use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a>; book review of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AnnaleeNewitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnnaleeNewitz</span></a>; letters of comment on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Richard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Richard</span></a> III; book comments on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShakespeareTheWorldAsStage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShakespeareTheWorldAsStage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/William" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>William</span></a> Shakespeare <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BillBryson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillBryson</span></a> on <a href="http://leepers.us/mtvoid/VOID0503.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">leepers.us/mtvoid/VOID0503.htm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eleeper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eleeper</span></a></span> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarkRLeeper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkRLeeper</span></a> Tagged <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/scifi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scifi</span></a></span></p>
Annalee Newitz 🍜<p>My novel <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a> is on sale as an ebook across all platforms for $1.99 in the U.S. this week!!! Check it out here: <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250228062/theterraformers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us.macmillan.com/books/9781250</span><span class="invisible">228062/theterraformers</span></a></p>
Annalee Newitz 🍜<p>Today the paperback edition of <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a> drops! It looks gorgeous, and the maps are still big and legible. I've been so happy to see this book bringing people joy, and infusing their brains with weirdness, and reminding them that the fight against capitalism will be waged on many fronts, for many centuries, with many furry and metal-clad allies. Get your paperback edition today! <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250228024/theterraformers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us.macmillan.com/books/9781250</span><span class="invisible">228024/theterraformers</span></a></p>
Annalee Newitz 🍜<p>Looking for some <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> reads that give the same vibe as Foundation? <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@vulture" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vulture</span></a></span> has some recommendations, including <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TheThreeBodyProblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheThreeBodyProblem</span></a> by Liu Cixin and <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a> by yours truly! Check out the full list here. <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2023/07/sci-fi-books-to-read-like-foundation.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vulture.com/2023/07/sci-fi-boo</span><span class="invisible">ks-to-read-like-foundation.html</span></a></p>
Artemisia Vulgaris<p>At the juncture of enormously sophisticated bioengineering and ecological awareness, life-form rights and community ethics, and impressively evil corporate profiteering, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@annaleen" class="u-url mention">@<span>annaleen</span></a></span>’s The Terraformers is a book for our time and a novel that makes me excited about science fiction again <a href="https://social.coop/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a></p>
Alias Messier<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://federatedfandom.net/@lunalein" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lunalein</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> Finished _The Terraformers_ by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@annaleen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>annaleen</span></a></span> the other day and I can’t remember the last time I was so sad to leave a world… parts of it are indeed dystopian, but building toward the possibility of something better is very obviously part of its ethos. Highly recommend. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a></p>
Jules<p>Lots of similarities to <a href="https://rheinhessen.social/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a> here: sensor networks to carefully monitor the environment; a movement with emphasis on treading lightly on the earth; a sort of "terraforming" (not to build a new ecosystem, but to change or rebuild an existing one); small groups working relatively independently; working together in family groups which aren't just nuclear families.</p><p>No moose (yet) though.</p><p><a href="https://rheinhessen.social/tags/HalfBuiltGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HalfBuiltGarden</span></a> <a href="https://rheinhessen.social/tags/Books2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books2023</span></a></p>
Sigrid Ellis<p>So the book that <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@annaleen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>annaleen</span></a></span>'s The Terraformers most reminds me of is Janet Kagen's Mirabile. Not in stakes - the stakes in the two books are quite different! - but, yeah.</p><p>Mirabile.<br>The Terraformers.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a></p>
Dysmorphia💛🤍💜🖤<p>Let's start in the middle, or actually, the middle of the last third of the book. Moose, a sentient cat reporter, and their friend Scrubjay, a train temporarily in the guise of a robot beaver, go to a demo night for indie video games at a club in the robot cruising district. Like most trains, Scrubjay loves games and eagerly tries out one of the demo games, Farm Revolutions. It sucks.</p><p><a href="https://rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2023-04-14-unplayable-games-terraformers-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/202</span><span class="invisible">3-04-14-unplayable-games-terraformers-review/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/narratives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narratives</span></a></p>
Dysmorphia💛🤍💜🖤<p>Come with me on a journey where I talk about what an imaginary game inside The Terraformers told me about the kind of story it tries to tell, and why it's so hard to tell that kind of story.</p><p><a href="https://rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2023-04-14-unplayable-games-terraformers-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/202</span><span class="invisible">3-04-14-unplayable-games-terraformers-review/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a></p>
Dysmorphia💛🤍💜🖤<p>If you're looking for a normal kind of book review, the kind that says, should I read this book? Is it good? The answer is yes. It has a sentient moose that communicates by text messages. What more do you need to know? </p><p>How about a nice discussion about an imaginary game inside the book instead?</p><p>** Unplayable games and untellable tales **</p><p>A sort of review of The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz</p><p><a href="https://rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2023-04-14-unplayable-games-terraformers-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/202</span><span class="invisible">3-04-14-unplayable-games-terraformers-review/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/narratives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narratives</span></a></p>
Gabriel N<p>This is part of the new Verdance contract with the train authority of the planet, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@annaleen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>annaleen</span></a></span> .</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheDevilIsInTheDetails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDevilIsInTheDetails</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theTerraformers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dgouldin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dgouldin</span></a></span></p>
IO (they/them)🏳️‍⚧️✨️<p>Here I was having a good time reading the third part of The Terraformers. Just full on heart-emoji-eyes for the newest protagonist, Scrubjay who happens to be a flying-train-person, and their cat-person friend named Moose 😍</p><p>... but then I entered chapter 40 and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@annaleen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>annaleen</span></a></span> decided to rip all of the hearts right out of my eyesockets 🥺</p><p><a href="https://helvede.net/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/annaleenewitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>annaleenewitz</span></a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/bookrecomendation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookrecomendation</span></a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/fedibooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedibooks</span></a></p>
Annalee Newitz 🍜<p>Now you can watch the livestream of my conversation about <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a> with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@cmonstah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cmonstah</span></a></span> for the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://press.coop/@latimes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>latimes</span></a></span> book club! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg2ydav4BeU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Qg2ydav4Be</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/bookclub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookclub</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a></p>
Annalee Newitz 🍜<p>In just over an hour, I'm joining the L.A. Times Book Club to discuss <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a>.</p><p>Tune into the live conversation with Times columnist Carolina A. Miranda (<span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@cmonstah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cmonstah</span></a></span>) starting at 6 p.m. PT tonight!<br> <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-03-28/annalee-newitz-terraformers-los-angeles-times-book-club" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/entertainment-arts</span><span class="invisible">/books/story/2023-03-28/annalee-newitz-terraformers-los-angeles-times-book-club</span></a></p>
Annalee Newitz 🍜<p>I'm so excited to be the Los Angeles Times March Book Club author! Join me on 3/28 as I discuss “The Terraformers” with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsrelay.org/@LATimes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LATimes</span></a></span> columnist Carolina A. Miranda. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/la-times-book-club-annalee-newitz-discusses-the-terraformers-tickets-562571425277" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.com/e/la-times-book</span><span class="invisible">-club-annalee-newitz-discusses-the-terraformers-tickets-562571425277</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/mooseromance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mooseromance</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TheTerraformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTerraformers</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/bookclub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookclub</span></a></p>