Pages Tagged “Cat Valente”
Reviews
- Space Oddity
★★★★½
Catherynne Valente
Not quite as fun as the first book, but it’s just as absurd and chaotic, and exactly what I needed in the weeks leading up to the 2024 election. - Space Opera
Fun sci-fi social satire from Catherynne Valente. The world is a mess, but we can find the sublime in chaos.
Blog Posts
- Culture Wars
I’ve long disliked the term “culture war,” partly because it’s tossed around in a way that trivializes the issues and partly because “War on whatever” framing tends to confuse the issues. But I keep thinking of a line in Cat Valente’s novel Space Opera about what war is. And when it comes down to it, […]