![]() ![]() Jeanne: Soon enough, though, we end up in outer space and realize that the planet is one called Clarkesfall, as we leave it. I actually used to watch Formula One, and am a fan of motorcycle racing, but I’m not a gear head so the level of technical detail just wasn’t for me. Jodie: Yes, the level of race detail was unexpected. ![]() ![]() The friend who read it with me, Jodie, agreed that we didn’t expect it to start with the story of a seemingly earth-bound race car driver, Nilah Brio, who competes with other magic-users in the “Pan-Galactic Racing Federation.” When she prepares for a race “her magic flowed into the car, sliding around the finely tuned ports, wending through channels to latch onto gears” and each driver checks for “power, fuel flow, sigil circuits, eidolon core.” Alex White’s A Big Ship At the Edge of the Universe surprised and delighted me at almost every turn. ![]()
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