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  • (Review) The Just City (Thessaly, volume 1) by Jo Walton

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 29 13:17:37 2024
    The Just City (Thessaly, volume 1) by Jo Walton

    Two gods endeavouring to make Plato's unworkable government
    reality encounter difficulties.


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  • From Garrett Wollman@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Thu Aug 29 15:14:34 2024
    In article <vapsdh$efq$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
    The Just City (Thessaly, volume 1) by Jo Walton

    Two gods endeavouring to make Plato's unworkable government
    reality encounter difficulties.

    I have this whole series on paper but never got around to reading it.
    Walton's been pretty hit-or-miss for me, ever since THE KING'S PEACE,
    which I adored, and its sequal which I thought was pretty meh. I
    liked her review collection WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK SO GREAT, and I
    always felt like I ought to get more into her work than I actually
    did.

    -GAWollman

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