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Monica’s 2023 Year in Books
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Monica Byrne
Goodreads Author
Born
in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, The United States
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Ursula K. Le Guin, Kim Stanley Robinson, Norman Rush, Toni Morrison, A
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November 2013
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https://www.goodreads.com/monicabyrne
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Monica Byrne
Awwww thank you so much for the kind words. And I LOVED the Southern Reach Trilogy; I actually interviewed Jeff about it for The rumpus.
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The Girl in the Road
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2014
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15 editions
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The Actual Star
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2021
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14 editions
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Traumphysik
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2016
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What Every Girl Should Know
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2014
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Gustus Dei
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Alexandria
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For My Wife, Navid
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Birthday Girls
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Blue Nowruz
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The Melleray Alphabet
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The Actual Star: 2021 Awards Eligibility!
Hi everyone! Nominations are now open for the Hugo and Nebula Awards, the two biggest honors in science fiction. If you're eligible to nominate for either--which means being or becoming a member of WorldCon (in the case of the Hugos) or a member of SFWA (in the case of the Nebulas)--
I'd be honored if you considered nominating The Actual Star for Best Novel, 2021.
If you can't nominate for either, n Read more of this blog post »
I'd be honored if you considered nominating The Actual Star for Best Novel, 2021.
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"The ambitious scope of this novel is impressive in and of itself--I think this is the first time I've read a book that functions as both historical fiction and sci-fi. The 3 storylines weave together beautifully, despite spanning 2,000 years, and the"
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"one of the oddest, most unique, and most compelling books I’ve read, I want to read it again already"
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“being looked down upon is good for the soul, good for empathy, good training for a human.”
― The Girl in the Road
― The Girl in the Road
“So despite all political progress, social advancement, and appearance of acceptance, here was my grandmother speaking the voice of prejudice. It had to be something. If not caste, if not class, then gender. Children must un-train their elders over and over again.”
― The Girl in the Road
― The Girl in the Road
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| The Sword and Laser: Most Anticipated Releases of 2014 | 50 | 398 | May 08, 2014 05:07AM | |
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| SciFi and Fantasy...: Suggestions for a sophisticated SciFi | 42 | 185 | Jul 09, 2014 02:36PM | |
| Challenge: 50 Books: Melanie's 2014 List | 21 | 48 | Aug 07, 2014 07:53AM | |
| Sci-Fi & Fantasy ...: Trolling Feminist Literature | 7 | 39 | Aug 22, 2014 01:40PM | |
| Literary Exploration: What Are You Reading - June 2014 | 10 | 44 | Dec 13, 2014 10:25AM | |
| Around the World ...: Beverly 2014 Frequent Traveler | 97 | 151 | Dec 24, 2014 07:39AM | |
| The Sword and Laser: possible 2015 Hugo novel nominations | 104 | 852 | Mar 03, 2015 04:12PM |
