Science fiction book recc'd on MeFi, part of a trilogy?
January 10, 2016 11:14 AM Subscribe
This will be annoyingly vague. Some time ago (more than a year?), there was a posting on the blue or green in which science fiction book recommendations flew fast and furious. (This describes most SF/F threads, but I'll continue.) I first heard about a number of authors there and got Kindle samples off Amazon for a number of them, including the book I'm looking for, whose sample I can no longer find.
It opens in space, with the pilot of a ship using some super-advanced tech to phase out of visibility? this dimension? to avoid ships in pursuit. She (?) has used this technique to pounce on vessels and disarm them/pirate them? I believe it was the first of a trilogy.
The only other info I have is that the surrounding thread mentioned a lot of authors/books that I'd never heard about, but sounded very interesting. Names may have included China Mieville, Ted Chiang, Iain Banks.
Any help in finding this book would be appreciated.
It opens in space, with the pilot of a ship using some super-advanced tech to phase out of visibility? this dimension? to avoid ships in pursuit. She (?) has used this technique to pounce on vessels and disarm them/pirate them? I believe it was the first of a trilogy.
The only other info I have is that the surrounding thread mentioned a lot of authors/books that I'd never heard about, but sounded very interesting. Names may have included China Mieville, Ted Chiang, Iain Banks.
Any help in finding this book would be appreciated.
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Series rather than trilogy, but this sounds to me like the beginning of Consider Phlebas.
posted by thetortoise at 11:25 AM on January 10, 2016
posted by thetortoise at 11:25 AM on January 10, 2016
Ancillary Justice has almost no in-space scenes, and definitely doesn't open with them, just to rule that out. (It's awesome though!)
posted by restless_nomad at 11:30 AM on January 10, 2016
posted by restless_nomad at 11:30 AM on January 10, 2016
Response by poster: thetortoise, I can see where you'd say that, but it's not Consider Phlebas (which I got as a result of that thread). But thanks for answering.
Ancillary Justice doesn't ring a bell. Does it have a female ship's pilot in the very beginning of the book?
posted by the sobsister at 11:37 AM on January 10, 2016
Ancillary Justice doesn't ring a bell. Does it have a female ship's pilot in the very beginning of the book?
posted by the sobsister at 11:37 AM on January 10, 2016
Well, it seems I forgot the chronological order of events..that's what happens when I read books in a series a year apart. I do recommend it though.
posted by FallowKing at 11:42 AM on January 10, 2016
posted by FallowKing at 11:42 AM on January 10, 2016
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posted by FallowKing at 11:22 AM on January 10, 2016