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Ancillary Justice

THE HUGO, NEBULA AND ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD WINNER

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The record-breaking debut novel that won every major science fiction award in 2014, Ancillary Justice is the story of a warship trapped in a human body and her search for revenge.
Ann Leckie is the first author to win the Arthur C. Clarke, the Nebula and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in the same year.

They made me kill thousands, but I only have one target now.

The Radch are conquerors to be feared - resist and they'll turn you into a 'corpse soldier' - one of an army of dead prisoners animated by a warship's AI mind. Whole planets are conquered by their own people.
The colossal warship called The Justice of Toren has been destroyed - but one ship-possessed soldier has escaped the devastation. Used to controlling thousands of hands, thousands of mouths, The Justice now has only two hands, and one mouth with which to tell her tale.
But one fragile, human body might just be enough to take revenge against those who destroyed her.

'ENGAGING AND PROVOCATIVE'
SFX Magazine

'UNEXPECTED, COMPELLING AND VERY COOL'
John Scalzi

'HIGHLY RECOMMENDED'
Independent on Sunday

'MIND-BLOWING'
io9.com

'THRILLING, MOVING AND AWE-INSPIRING'
Guardian

'UTTER PERFECTION, 10/10'
The Book Smugglers

'ASTOUNDINGLY ASSURED AND GRACEFUL'
Strange Horizons

'ESTABLISHES LECKIE AS AN HEIR TO BANKS'
Elizabeth Bear

The Imperial Radch trilogy begins with Ancillary Justice, continues in Ancillary Sword and concludes with Ancillary Mercy.
Also available now: Provenance is a stunning standalone adventure set in the same world as Ancillary Justice. NPR calls it 'A fitting addition to the Ancillary world'.©2013 Ann Leckie Hard Science Fiction Military Science Fiction Space Opera Thriller & Suspense Adventure Fiction Suspense
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What made the experience of listening to Ancillary Justice the most enjoyable?

Narration was excellent, full of depth and really bought the characters to life. The story moved well and kept true to its central premise.

What did you like best about this story?

The plot is excellent, how the lead character deals with and explains her/its predicament is brilliant, really keeps you in, and surrounded by, the story.

What does Adjoa Andoh bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

She understands the book extremely well, she uses the subtle intonations of her voice to perfectly build the characters and really helps you get a mental image of them.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Its not how I listen to audiobooks in general but I think it benefitted from occasional breaks to let the concepts sink in.

Any additional comments?

I'd recommend this and I can't wait for the sequel.

Brilliant! A great story and characters

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The story isn't the easiest to follow but the narrator's use of accents helps a great deal. She does a brilliant job with the complexity of the names, particularly the lesser. I'm not sure the book is up to all the hype -- I've read more exciting SF books but it's intriguing enough. Worth a listen.

Excellent narration

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Any additional comments?

Found this very confusing and irritating, but then listened again! Something I don't do very often.

Stick with it

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well, I can understand the Ian M Banks comparisons. It's all space opera, epic story with solid meaty characters and a subtle plot.

but.

well, but it's not quite Ian M Banks, the dark humour isn't quite on target and theres a bit too much plot development then its on to the final set piece. A year of traveling it passed over in a paragraph or two. I never could quite figure out why the hero saved the disgraced captain and why she was there at that point that put hero walked up the street.

I think I need to listen to the story again, it took so long to get into the flow of the plot that I think I missed key parts.

still, its good, second book worth buying good. but it's only knocking on the door marked "Ian banks replacement".

I just don't know.

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I enjoyed the story concept but found this book hard going. Keeping track of who was who and really sure who was male or female just made it harder to lock the characters in my mind.

Considered stoping at some points but in the end ramped it up to 2x speed to get it finished.

Well narrated just didn't keep me interested in the fates of the characters.

Overall a good story but hard going

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