2024/054: The Mimicking of Known Successes — Malka Older: read by Lindsey Dorcus

2024/054: The Mimicking of Known Successes — Malka Older: read by Lindsey Dorcus

...many of the species in the mauzooleum had more space to wander around in than most human residential platforms offered. If they were in captivity on this inhospitable planet, then so were we. [21%]

Humanity, having wrecked both Earth and Mars by untrammelled greed, now inhabits a series of floating platforms in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter, here called Giant. The idiosyncrasies of this setting produce a cosy steampunk vibe, laced with an 'epigenetic ache' of longing for lost Earth. Giant's social structure is post-capitalist, and I was extremely pleased that 'the C word' here means 'conservative'.

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