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The narrator and protagonist of this book is a "re-clone". He is the clone with memory prints of a mystery writer. Now he is a "thing" with no legal rights who resides in a library and his continued existence depends on people consulting him or checking him out from time to time.

With this sort of world-building, I would have expected some sort of sweeping tale where the hero starts a revolution so that people like him get legal rights.

But no. He just does the best he can with the situations that come his way in the constraints he has.

His limited worldview reminded me in a good way of Martha Wells Murderbot.

I got tricked on this. I borrowed it as an eBook from the library. Just when it got going it was over. Because it's a short story.

But if you've started reading Yoon Ha Lee, you have to read everything.

Murderbot continues to be a delight. And an old friend comes back.

I've loved Mark Lawrence's other books so much that I now have to read all of them.

That said, I liked his others more. It might be because this one takes place mostly in underground caves and things seem pretty hopeless. I'm not a cave guy.

I've loved Mark Lawrence's other books so much that I now have to read all of them.

That said, I liked his others more. It might be because this one takes place mostly in underground caves and things seem pretty hopeless. I'm not a cave guy.

This is pretty good and it's fun to read a fantasy set in a myth system that I don't know anything about.

This was fun. If I ever go to Ikea again, I'm going to look for multiverse portals.

This was fun. If I ever go to Ikea again, I'm going to look for multiverse portals.

I liked Ali Wong's Netflix specials a lot.

And I am something of a student of standup comedy.

I learned some things from this book, but reading it was not as fun as watching Ms Wong perform.

These books by Tom Holt are growing on me.

I started reading them because he's also K.J. Parker.

The Tom Holt books seem to be generally lighter with more raw humour.

I think of myself as not being into dark stuff, but I maybe prefer the K.J. Parker books so far.

Still I plan to read all of them eventually.

I am hoping that as this series continues, October Daye becomes more sure of herself and less troubled by her past and her precarious position in the world.

This is a tight, crisp story that's not like any other fantasy story I've read.

You can count on a K.J. Parker story having an interesting protagonist who you perhaps should not be rooting for.

The stuff going on in this novel has a multi-verse explanation, but I'd say you have to call it fantasy.

If you like an interesting story that has just about nothing in common with other fantasy stories you've read, this is a good choice.

I think it would be particularly fun for people who feel connected to New York City.

The stuff going on in this novel has a multi-verse explanation, but I'd say you have to call it fantasy.

If you like an interesting story that has just about nothing in common with other fantasy stories you've read, this is a good choice.

I think it would be particularly fun for people who feel connected to New York City.

Good stories and a great way to find out who you should be reading if your most recent favourite sci-fi author is Larry Niven or William Gibson.