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Embassytown
Embassytown | China Miéville
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak. Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist, has returned to Embassytown after years of deep-space adventure. She cannot speak the Ariekei tongue, but she is an indelible part of it, having long ago been made a figure of speech, a living simile in their language. When distant political machinations deliver a new ambassador to Arieka, the fragile equilibrium between humans and aliens is violently upset. Catastrophe looms, and Avice is torn between competing loyalties: to a husband she no longer loves, to a system she no longer trusts, and to her place in a language she cannot speak—but which speaks through her, whether she likes it or not.
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TCLinrow
Embassytown | China Miéville
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Mehso-so

I've come to the conclusion that China Mieville is just not for me. The writing sounds so impressive that it's almost enjoyable, but I struggled to imagine the story or keep up with what was happening. I'm still not entirely convinced I know what happened in the story.

deirdrebeecher Yes have to agree I don't gel with his style either. 🤷â€â™€ï¸ 3y
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CampbellTaraL
Embassytown | China Miéville
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Bailedbailed

My second attempt after waiting a couple years but I just could not do it, though I did get past the info dump of the first 17% of the book. I think if I were younger with more free time I'd wade through to find out where the story goes. As it stands now, I really don't care about the protagonist, the gossip, or the socio-political drivers in the story.

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StaceyKondla
Embassytown | China Miéville
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 239 #bookstoread #tbrpile #bookstagram

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CorgiBooks
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Pickpick

Embassytown ft my very needy cat.
Honestly loved this book. It was so incredibly inventive and I'm blown away by the world building and the breadth of understanding of such unknowable aliens and their language.

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TracyReadsBooks
Embassytown | China Miéville
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I have a very small stack of books, comprised chiefly of William Gibson‘s brilliant Neuromancer & now this one, which require more than one reading to really make sense of them, to appreciate the nuance & just exactly what the author has accomplished. Miéville is a writer with big ideas, one who asks big questions as he does in this book when he examines language as Language, the meeting of aliens & humans, the battle between old & new & more.⬇ï¸

TracyReadsBooks I enjoyed the book but it will likely take another reading for me to explain exactly why I did and, ultimately, to explain what it‘s about. One thing is for sure, reading Miéville always makes you think. 4y
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TracyReadsBooks
Embassytown | China Miéville
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Time to start the weekend...

vivastory Looking forward to your thoughts on this one.. 4y
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TracyReadsBooks
Embassytown | China Miéville
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Once again I mined the depths of my TBR stacks for my next book.

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rwmg
Embassytown | China Miéville
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Honourable mention: "On The Move" by Oliver Sacks

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rwmg
Embassytown | China Miéville
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This is a story about Language and language and really alien aliens that is going to live with me for a while, fermenting in my brain.

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rwmg
Embassytown | China Miéville

"It's some kind of coup for Wyatt that they're here. He's crowing so hard hens everywhere are getting randy."

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rwmg
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Ouch

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rwmg
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CindyE09
Embassytown | China Miéville
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Finished this sci fi novel #audiobook about a girl living in a human colony on an alien planet when everything starts to go bad between the two species. It took me awhile to get into this book, some of the world building was a bit of a drag for me in the beginning, but once the action started I enjoyed the book quite a bit. I have always thought the study of languages was fascinating, and languages and communication play a key role in this book.

thereadingowlvina Sounds intriguing! 6y
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AlizaApp
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Mehso-so

The world-building was intense, and the payoff was mostly worth it. I enjoyed reading this book, but I kept putting it down and reading other things, which is never a good sign for me. I did really enjoy the linguistic theory though.

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nanoauthor
Embassytown | China Miéville
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A #tbr that comes highly recommended

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2BR02B
Embassytown | China Miéville
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I'm calling this a pick even though my feelings were mixed. It's definitely Miéville at his driest, and most intellectual. Plot and character development often fell by the wayside in favor of ruminations on linguistic themes. But don't confuse "dry" with "unimaginative"- this novel is creative, complex, ambitious, and I suspect it rewards multiple readings.

I discussed it with my book club and all we could agree on is that China is a total babe.

2BR02B #LitCrush 😠7y
melrailey He is a babe! 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk I agree with everything you said about the book. My love of the ideas at play outweighed any of my feelings for the characters, but still so amazing. 7y
ReadingEnvy This is my favorite mieville but I love anthropology novels... and this is like that but with aliens! 7y
Ffgggggggggggggg 😻😻😻 7y
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2BR02B
Embassytown | China Miéville
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I'm trying to focus on reading but the cuteness is just unbearable. #caturday #catsoflitsy

saresmoore Oh my goodness!!! 7y
Simona ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ 7y
KarenUK Oh my! 😻😻 7y
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LauraBeth 😻😻😻 7y
TheLibrarian â¤ï¸ 7y
Linda906 â¤ï¸ðŸ˜» 7y
diovival Aww! My cats never do this. 7y
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Pruzy
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My #Recommendsday pick (my first on Litsy!) is Embassytown by the excellent China Miéville. I've read a few of his books and this is by far my favourite! It's a Sci-Fi novel about alien communication with unique, thought provoking ideas and a literary slant. I'd heartily recommend this to fans of Neil Gaiman or John Scalzi!

Redwritinghood I read my first book by this author only last week and am determined to read more. Thanks for this recommendation. 7y
Pruzy @Redwritinghood Nice! Which one was it? 7y
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GypsyKat Added to my ever-growing TBR list on Goodreads. ðŸ‘🼠7y
Pruzy @GypsyKat I'm willing to bet you will love it! 7y
GypsyKat @Pruzy it looks interesting. I'm definitely intrigued! 7y
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ingredientx
Embassytown | China Miéville
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My favorite kind! Lol

BookishMarginalia ðŸ‘ðŸ¼ðŸ‘ðŸ¼ðŸ‘🼠7y
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JustTrish
Embassytown | China Miéville
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Today's #booktober challenge , #outofthisworld , should have been easy for me. Over half my collection is set in other worlds. Over half of my 600 + books... 😩
I finally decided on Embassytown, because Arieka is the most alien place I have ever been taken by a book. It's not an easy read. It will stretch your mind. But it is SO worth it.
@RealLifeReading

DreesReads I am not a big fan of science fiction (especially hard science fiction) and I LOVED this book. It was just so clever and unusual. You know what I mean 😜 7y
CherylDeFranceschi I cried when this book was over I was so moved and loved it so much! 7y
JustTrish @AudreyMorris Yes! It took me awhile to read, but it blew my mind. 7y
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MrBook Added 😊ðŸ‘ðŸ». 7y
bookishchelle I â¤ï¸ Miéville and I slowly working on reading all his work. My two favourites are The City and the City and Kraken. I haven't read this one yet. 7y
OutlandishLit One of my all time favorite books! 7y
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katcalvin
Embassytown | China Miéville
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Amazing. Like all of his books.

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katcalvin
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Three hours of reading! I know it's not anywhere near 24 but getting three hours to sit down and read is mind blowing. It's definitely showing me how I can make more time for reading every day. And so far this book is as unique and exciting and mind bending as all of Mieville's other books. He's such an amazing writer. #24in48 @24in48

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katcalvin
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It's @24in48 time! I've had these two books by my favorite author on my shelf for a while so I'm finally going to read them. I don't know how many hours I'll be able to read this weekend but I'm excited to dive in! #24in48