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@jake4480@c.im
2026-10-22 17:44:59

Ed Valigursky
#art #scifi #EdValigursky #SciFiArt #space …

Art of a woman running from a car and a huge ant is over it
Art of a green hairy creature shackled by its neck to the wall
Art of an astronaut and a spaceship in the background, skeletons and skulls of dead astronauts in the foreground
Art of a lady at the beach being approached by a huge lobster
@katrinakatrinka@infosec.exchange
2026-10-24 01:57:03

I just finished The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez. I wish it hadn't ended, so I could know what happened next. Still, I get why it ended there and to be honest, that was the end of the story being told.
It reminded me a bit of Slow Gods by Claire North. However, while it takes a long time, the characters of Slow Gods are able to see some kind of social justice whereas the corporate overlords in The Vanished Birds are much more like our own reality. Not that it's doom and gloom. It's just more nuanced in how fault is distributed and true justice isn't likely.
I don't want to spoil either books. They're both worth a read, but The Vanished Birds does have a wider cultural distribution of characters than the cis, white man that is Slow Gods' main character.
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