Hexarchate Stories

, #3.5

400 pages

Published June 24, 2019 by Solaris.

ISBN:
978-1-78108-564-6
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4 stars (7 reviews)

The essential short story collection set in the universe of Ninefox Gambit.

An ex-Kel art thief has to save the world from a galaxy-shattering prototype weapon...

A general outnumbered eight-to-one must outsmart his opponent...

A renegade returns from seclusion to bury an old comrade...

From the incredible imagination of Hugo- and Arthur C. Clarke-nominated author Yoon Ha Lee comes a collection of stories set in the world of the best-selling Ninefox Gambit. Showcasing Lee’s extraordinary imagination, this collection takes you to the very beginnings of the hexarchate’s history and reveals new never-before-seen stories.

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reviewed Hexarchate Stories by Yoon Ha Lee (The Machineries of Empire, #3.5)

[Adapted from initial review on Goodreads.]

5 stars

Collections are hard to review! The first half-or-so of this book is short stories, ranging from short flash to longer stories, and for the most part these don't stand alone very well: they're excellent as supplemental reading for devoted Machineries of Empire fans (which, apparently, I am) but probably wouldn't hold up if you hadn't read the series. Snippets of extra worldbuilding lore, fun character moments without much arc, that sort of thing; generally more fun than deep.

The second half is taken up with a novella, The Glass Cannon, which serves as a sequel to the trilogy. It didn't need a sequel - Revenant Gun ended very satisfactorily - but all the same, The Glass Cannon doesn't feel tacked-on. It honours the ending of the trilogy, and it plucks at existing loose ends rather than inventing new ones.

Also it is awesome, and I gave the collection five stars …

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