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I drank so much coffee while reading this book and writing this review – which, if anything, speaks to its supreme ability to make me yearn not just to return to the joys of cafes, but specifically to one run by an orc and her motely crew of companions. It is genuinely one of…
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This review contains mild spoilers for the stories Amethyst, Heroes, A Thread of Truth, and Marielena in this collection. Short story collections serve many purposes. They are catalogues of an author’s smaller opuses, or a snapshot of one era in their careers. The Art of Space Travel and Other Stories is a map, one in which the author as cartographer…