5/23/2023 0 Comments Sorrowland book review![]() ![]() It is clear from the dust jacket cover that they were “Born on Turtle Island but currently resides on an isle in an Archipelago off the coast western coast of a continent.” This was not said to be cute, or to signal radical views it is clearly the author’s heart felt position. Solomon’s bio says they are a writer who writes about life in the margins. Sorrowland is a product of a writer who clearly decided they are writing the world as they envision. As activists, we are taught to envision the world we wish to see, not the one forced on us daily. Solomon is a writer who creates deeply thoughtful fiction. The longer I thought about the book and the more distance I had from reading my respect for it grew. ![]() The Unkindness of Ghosts is a surreal masterpiece, it took this space nerd a little time to accept the unreality of that novel and once I did the universe of that novel opened up. It ended up having more in common with Butler’s Kindred than Heinlein’s Orphans in the Sky. On the surface, there is always some kind of easy commercial pitch, in the Unkindness of Ghosts it was a novel in the well-worn genre of Generation ships. They defy easy and typical genre definitions. ![]() ![]() This is my third Rivers Solomon novel and they have one very strong connection. ![]()
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