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Publication
New York : Tordotcom, 2021.
Description
"The Tensorate Series, which has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus, and Lambda Literary Awards, is an incomparable treasure of modern epic fantasy. Across four novellas, Neon Yang established themself as a fantasist in bold defiance of the limitations of their genre. Available now in a single volume, these four novellas trace the generational decline of an empire and unfurl a world that is rich and strange beyond anything you've dreamed. In the Tensorate Series you will find: rebellious nonbinary scions of empire, sky-spanning nagas with experimental souls, revolutionary engineers bent on bringing power to the people, pugilist monks, packs of loyal raptors, and more."--
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Finalist — 2022)
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
9781250807540
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LibraryThing member gadosiahe
A fantastic set of novellas, each using a different narrative style. The interconnected plots are interesting, especially as each novella seems to focus on one of the side characters from the previous entry/entries. The overarching story is interesting without taking away from the plot of each
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novella (and vice versa, each main plot is interesting while adding to the overall plot). For queer representation, especially with a heavy focus on genderqueer/a non cis-focused analysis and understanding of gender, you really cannot do much better than the Tensorate series. The focus on non-Western mythology and the concept of "silkpunk" both run strongly through the series as well, which makes for a refreshing change. The overall style tends more towards the understated worldbuilding/narration rather than the epic fantasy tendency to explain everything in great detail, which can be a refreshing change as well. Overall a fantastic set of novellas in a single volume. Show Less
LibraryThing member caedocyon
Now that I've read all the Tensorate books: totally decent solid fantasy/steampunk with tons of queer, trans, poly, etc characters. There's not, like, a lot going on underneath it I would say, other than the author's delight in creating the world. And it's a good world! But that's not quite enough
The second and fourth books got the closest to having interesting character arcs.
* Would have liked to see something more than only-and-perfectly-supportive-of-his-wife from Mokoya's husband; he's so cuddly it's unreal.
* I was of course here for Akeha's gender journey, but Akeha's other motivations are kind of muddy and kind of boring.
* Rider reminds me of Tamora Pierce's Daine in a lot of ways; and I *loved* Daine when I was a teen, and that teen is still in me, but as an adult... a character like Rider is a bit flat.
* I normally like a documentary story, but I managed to completely forget that the detective who's ostensibly the main character of the third book existed.
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to elevate the series into a favorite.The second and fourth books got the closest to having interesting character arcs.
* Would have liked to see something more than only-and-perfectly-supportive-of-his-wife from Mokoya's husband; he's so cuddly it's unreal.
* I was of course here for Akeha's gender journey, but Akeha's other motivations are kind of muddy and kind of boring.
* Rider reminds me of Tamora Pierce's Daine in a lot of ways; and I *loved* Daine when I was a teen, and that teen is still in me, but as an adult... a character like Rider is a bit flat.
* I normally like a documentary story, but I managed to completely forget that the detective who's ostensibly the main character of the third book existed.
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