She became an Immer - a navigator needed to guide ships jumping through space - with demi-star status that has accorded her plenty of money, adventures and lovers. Brought up by minders in the ghetto of Embassytown, Cho, through a combination of luck and talent, got out. In what we would consider her mid-30s, Avice Benner Cho, part of the far-flung human diaspora, has returned to the planet where she was born. The barrage of terms and mysterious references is a command to hop to: Intellectual challenges lie ahead.
China Miéville, one of today’s most exciting fabulist writers, starts off his science fiction novel “Embassytown” in mid-story and races forward, not slowing down for explanations.
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