Thank you for indulging my cutting sense of humour, Claudia. I first read Ancillary Justice in 2020 and Ancillary Sword sits on my physical bookshelf as a novel worth keeping. I must read the third in the series. I agree that Ann makes the communal act of tea drinking much more than a nice cuppa and a cosy chat. But, if you recall, what the Shis’urnans call tea is "a thick liquid, lukewarm and sweet, that bears almost no relationship to the actual thing". Nevertheless, I think that if you and Ann combined forces, then my tea rule might well crumble...
😂 I love that you're willing to change your mind about tea! I remember in the Expanse the focus on coffee or what passed for coffee in that world made me roll my eyes out of their sockets a few times.
I think they are entirely reasonable as rules go. (Just having a titter at the idea of you and cosy sci-fi.)
You know me so well!
Have you read The Imperial Radch trilogy by Ann Leckie? It’s the only sci-fi where drinking tea is cool.
Thank you for indulging my cutting sense of humour, Claudia. I first read Ancillary Justice in 2020 and Ancillary Sword sits on my physical bookshelf as a novel worth keeping. I must read the third in the series. I agree that Ann makes the communal act of tea drinking much more than a nice cuppa and a cosy chat. But, if you recall, what the Shis’urnans call tea is "a thick liquid, lukewarm and sweet, that bears almost no relationship to the actual thing". Nevertheless, I think that if you and Ann combined forces, then my tea rule might well crumble...
😂 I love that you're willing to change your mind about tea! I remember in the Expanse the focus on coffee or what passed for coffee in that world made me roll my eyes out of their sockets a few times.
[PSA: always return eyeballs to sockets after a good roll.] 😋
I was drinking what I call 'tea' when I wrote my reply, but you might not call it that...🤔
Fine English tea with a dash of milk? I will most certainly call it that...
P.S.: Eyes safely rolled back into their sockets! 🙄.
Not even “Earl Grey, hot.”?
Nope. Toxic for many lifeforms in high concentrations, even if its perfume is alluring.. 😛
You’re the Ted Lasso of sci-fi writers! (The tea part, not the overly-positive part.)
Wow! (I think). Very tempting to add men's soccer to my list.
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