5/20/2023 0 Comments The vanished birds simon jimenez![]() This is a mostly progressive future, but classism, unchecked capitalism, and resource exhaustion loom large. ![]() ![]() When Fumiko learns Ahro has powers that could speed up space travel-abilities sought by Fumiko’s employer, the megacorporation Umbai, which is looking for more efficient ways to pillage planets-she offers Nia the opportunity to keep the boy hidden, which Nia accepts, leading to ripples of choices and consequences. As they travel through “pocket space,” where a few months pass for them while years go by in normal space, they grow close and Nia becomes protective of Ahro. ![]() Spaceship captain Nia agrees to take Ahro back to Pelican, a station Fumiko designed. Nearly 1,000 years later, Ahro, a boy who doesn’t speak, crash-lands on a distant farming world. Fumiko extends her life through periods of suspended animation as humans colonize the galaxy. But Dana’s efforts fail, and Earth is abandoned. A century from now, aerospace engineer Fumiko believes humans should leave the climate-ravaged Earth, and regretfully chooses her career designing space stations over her lover, Dana, who would rather advocate for trying to save the planet. ![]() In a profound look at humankind’s spacefaring future, Jimenez’s debut tells of both anguish and love as the result of heart-wrenching decisions. ![]()
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