Lifelode

This is the first book by Jo Walton I was less than thrilled by. It was okay, very ambitious in what it set out to do, but didn't quite succeed. According to an article she wrote, Walton noted that her goal in this short novel was to write a sci fi or fantasy story with no adventure in it, as she was tired of the adventure trope. She says it took her five or six books to learn how to do it. This seemed like her first attempt. I'd say it's a character study, but that's not even quite accurate. I'd say it doesn't really know what it wants to be. It has its merits, but it's not her best. Nonetheless, she won the Mythopoeic Award in 2009 for it and was nominated for an Otherwise Award.

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