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profiterole_reads ([personal profile] profiterole_reads) wrote2024-06-20 05:43 pm

Power to Yield and Other Stories by Bogi Takács

Power to Yield and Other Stories by Bogi Takács was absolutely brilliant! It's a collection of speculative short stories, sometimes interconnected, taking place on Earth, where aliens try to communicate with us through telepathy, on Eren, where people can get magically turned into plants (temporarily), and more...

This is next-level SF/F, I think one of the only books I've read that has come close to this was The Unraveling by Benjamin Rosenbaum. These stories explore gender identity, neurodivergence, religion, immigration and the human condition in general (as in what makes us human).

There are many non-binary characters. There are also a couple of intersex characters, and the author emself is intersex, but this book is more intersex in its themes than in its representation. Thanks for the rec to Intersex Book Club!
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[personal profile] ragnarok_08 2024-06-20 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
That sounds pretty neat!
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[personal profile] tjs_whatnot 2024-06-21 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
Ohhhh, definitely adding to my list! ❤️❤️ Thanks.
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[personal profile] haebin 2024-06-22 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I am so amazed by all the books you are reading!!