in case you needed a reason to volunteer at your local public library: today the librarians let me pick a theme for and then curate one of the featured displays. time to get this town reading more space operas! my picks, if you want to read along: All Systems Red, Martha WellsAncillary Justice, Ann LeckieCollapsing Empire, John ScalziEmpire of Silence, Christopher RuocchioFoundation, Isaac AsimovLeviathan Wakes, James A. CoreyOlympios, Dan SimmonsSaga (graphic novel), Brian K. VaughanShards of Earth, Adrian TchaikovskyThe Stars are Legion, Kameron HurleyThe Three Body Problem, Liu Cixin was working with a somewhat limited selection, or else I’d have tucked in some others: The Algebraist, Iain M. Banks (this is my current read!)Children of Time, Adrian TchaikovskyConsider Phlebas, Iain M. BanksThe Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le GuinThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Becky ChambersNinefox Gambit, Yoon Ha LeeNova, Samuel R. DelaneyPandora’s Star, Peter F. HamiltonRevelation Space, Alistair ReynoldsShards of Honor, Lois McMaster BujoldStarship Troopers, Robert A. HeinleinWe Are Legion (We Are Bob), Dennis E. Taylor (I haven’t read all these, but the ones I haven’t are all on my to-read!)