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For a novella I feel like this really packs a punch. You just have to be able to get past the absolute brutal nature of the poaching scenes in the beginning. I found this a little confusing in the beginning due to not knowing exactly what time certain POVs were from. Definitely an interesting concept.

Nominated for the 2025 #hugoawards Best Novella, this story is about a scientist whose digitized consciousness is uploaded into a mammoth, brought back from extinction. An indubitably weird but intriguing concept.

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An interesting story. There are four different storylines in 100 pages. While they all converged and concluded well, it felt like too much. Just when I got invested in one story, it switched to another. I don't think it would have benefitted from being longer (it told the story it wanted to), but it would have been better if it was more focused on fewer characters or connected the characters more directly.

A surprisingly satisfying little book, it tackled several interesting issues with the large scale problems of the ivory trade and human greed at the center of it all. I almost wish it were longer, but it gains some of its charm from being succinct.

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“Damira followed the blood down the hill.“ #FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Nayler‘s pro-animal scifi with heavy environmental themes speaks to me!

This 100 page novella is fast paced and is about Wooly Mammoths that have been cloned from ancient DNA. And the ability to implant digitally saved human minds into new bodies.

I didn‘t love this as much as The Mountain in the Sea, but I tend to enjoy full novels more than novellas in general.

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3.75⭐️

Though I wasn‘t in love with, I absolutely wish I had someone to talk about this book with. Highly recommend for any #bookclub. It‘s been a while that a sci-fi has really made me think. It‘s truly what I love about the genre. Never thought I‘d read such an interesting approach to discussing the ivory trade and poaching issue.

A tale of revenge
With a science fiction twist
Don't mess with the Tusks
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This short novella definitely made up for the less than savory finish of my last read.
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This brief, powerful novella by Ray Nayler, author of The Mountain in the Sea, depicts one woman's doomed efforts to save wild elephants, and how her unique knowledge and understanding is applied long after her death in an attempt to bring mammoths back from extinction in Siberia. Deftly written, this story would make a particularly haunting Black Mirror episode. A one sitting read for me, and not one that will be easily forgotten.

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I really wasn't sure about this concept when I read the blurb, but saw people enthusing about it and decided to give it a try anyway. It sounded, I don't know, kinda goofy from what I first read about it; I don't know what I was picturing exactly -- but no, it's very serious, and a very emotional story. I think each thread of it is handled well.

This speculative fiction quick listen definitely rings with some frightening authenticity at times. Across multiple future timelines, African elephants have become extinct, but mammoths have been recreated to once again roam Siberia. It‘s an interesting listen but one that I think I would have preferred to read because of some of the transitions between perspectives. A definite discussion starter— and I appreciate the research and references used!

Mammoths are brought back from extinction-- but after humans have already hunted elephants to the point that they only exist in captivity, will wild mammoths really be able to survive, much less thrive? I really enjoyed Nayler's new books which focuses on mammoths and poachers instead of octopuses and fishing. It's shorter and not as mysterious, but just as good.