/lit/ - Literature

Just finished this collection, it was highly enjoyable. It's made up of six standalone stories about life in different cities on a dying earth. From the cover and description, I expected a straight Vance pastiche... while there are shades of him throughout (particularly in the Paris & Rome stories), the book has its own unique feel. The New York story, for example, is proto-cyberpunk (the protag works maintenance on the outside of a giant skyscraper controlled by various corporations). The themes of historical repetition and reincarnation are visited throughout. You dumbasses who refuse to read womeme authors are missing out