Some Features of Living Matter in the Neighborhood of the Sun

By Zachary Tanner,

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1 author picked Some Features of Living Matter in the Neighborhood of the Sun as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

In spite of its incredibly long title, Some Features Of Living Matter in the Neighborhood Of the Sun is actually quite a short novella. Part science-fiction, part climate-fiction, the story is papert-hin simple: a mother and a daughter take a boat trip along a river to share good moments before one of them leaves for Mars.

Focusing on the characters' humanity, Zachary Tanner offers us unlimited and un-gendered love and affection through solidarity and respect. 

Written in prose with a Pynchonian twist, it is one of the most beautiful and optimistic hymns to humanity I have read for a long…

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