Stefen’s Bookclub – July

The Vanished Birds
by Simon Jimenez

This 2020 science-fiction book has a lot of interesting elements to unpack, starting with economic implications of relativistic travel told from the perspective of producers and the transport crews. It’s also about found family and belonging and the things that bind people to places and one another. A mix of charming and dark elements and with themes about relationships, economic colonialism, and politics there are a lot of threads to pull on here. I’m quite looking forward to seeing where the conversation about it goes.