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Recent Books

Suzette Mayr: The Sleeping Car Porter (Paperback, 2022, Coach House Books) 4 stars

The Sleeping Car Porter

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When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the perils of white passengers, ghosts, and his secret love affair

The Sleeping Car Porter brings to life an important part of Black history in North America, from the perspective of a queer man …

Adrian Tchaikovsky: Service Model (2024, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom) 4 stars

Service Model

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To fix the world they first must break it further.

Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into their core programming, they murder their owner. The robot then discovers they can also do something else …