Science Fiction· United States
A Memory Called Empire
by Arkady MartineAggregate Editorial Score72/100
★Hugo Award
Published 2020464 pagesEnglish
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Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire (2020) stands as one of the most significant works of science fiction of its era. Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives at the vast interstellar empire of Teixcalaan and must solve her predecessor's mysterious death while navigating a court full of intrigue and poetry. Martine's debut Hugo Award winner is a beautiful, politically sophisticated space opera about colonialism and identity. Themes of empire, colonialism, identity run through the work. The book has received recognition from Hugo Award 2020.
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