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The Archive Undying
The Archive Undying | Emma Mieko Candon
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Giant robots and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying, national bestseller Emma Mieko Candon's bold entry into the world of mecha fiction WHEN AN AI DIES, ITS CITY DIES WITH IT WHEN A CITY FALLS, IT LEAVES A CORPSE BEHIND WHEN THAT CORPSE RUNS OFF, ONLY DEVOTION CAN BRING IT BACK When the robotic god of Khuon Mo went mad, it destroyed everything it touched. It killed its priests, its city, and all its wondrous works. But in its final death throes, the god brought one thing back to life: its favorite child, Sunai. For the seventeen years since then, Sunai has walked the land like a ghost, unable to die, unable to age, and unable to forget the horrors he's seen. He's run as far as he can from the wreckage of his faith, drowning himself in drink, drugs, and men. But when Sunai wakes up in the bed of the one man he never should have slept with, he finds himself on a path straight back into the world of gods and machines. The Archive Undying is the first volume of national bestselling author Emma Mieko Candon's Downworld Sequence, a sci-fi series set in a world of AI deities, far-reaching empires, brutal police states, and giant robots steered by pilot-priests. It's a bold new vision of the mecha genre, blending seven-story action pieces with soft queer feelings and a deep study of disability. Come get in the robot.
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RamsFan1963
The Archive Undying | Emma Mieko Candon
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Mehso-so

33/150 With vivid world building and some amazing ideas involving mechs, AI and human interfaces, this had the potential to be a five star read. Unfortunately, its let down by the execution. Shifting from third person to first person, shifting from various povs, I often lost track of who was talking, not to mention when characters merged through their AI connections to become each other. It's the first of a series. 3 ⭐⭐⭐

DieAReader 👋🏻👋🏻Next! 1mo
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underground_bks
The Archive Undying | Emma Mieko Candon
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Pickpick

Expected June 2023 | Massive robot war machines meet spirituality, synthetic intelligence, and “soft queer feelings” in this ambitious work of mecha sci-fi! This first book in the Downworld Sequence is as violent and action-packed as it is tender and emotional, full of shocking betrayals and breathtaking breakdowns of the binary between mind and body, human and robot, self and other. 🤖🏳️‍🌈🤯

Suet624 I don‘t usually like this subject but you make it sound intriguing. 2y
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