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Samuel R. Delany: Trouble on Triton (1996, Wesleyan University Press, Published by University Press of New England)

Take me to gay space, maybe

Chip's propensity for unreliable/unlikeable narrators makes his books a bit of a slog sometimes, but he's still one of my favourites cause there's always layers of intent going on under the writing and he's so fucking smart and funny. Love imagining an occupied solar system with queer cooperative living and on-demand informed consent gender- and sexuality-affirming health tech, but! Theres a lot of dodging and ducking in and around the question of utopia here and the almost-campy idealized aspects of the society and tech play into these explorations. Loved it.

@peoplelikebooks Been years since our book club read this, but I really liked how unlikable the main character was, made for my having to tango with the ideas a little more. My favorite of Delaney's novels I've read.