If You Take My Meaning

By Charlie Jane Anders

Publisher Description

From award-winning author Charlie Jane Anders comes an original space opera short story "If You Take My Meaning"

As an ex-smuggler and two-time reluctant revolutionary, Alyssa is used to staring into the razor-sharp jaws of death. But now she's embarking on the most terrifying adventure of her life—journeying into the darkness to become a new type of being, one who can help humanity to survive. And deep at the heart of the city in the middle of the night, the price of transformation could be higher, and more terrible, than Alyssa ever expected.

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14 Reviews

3.5

sarahesmaewolfe

Created 7 months ago

“This gave me a little bit more but still not quite enough to make me feel satisfied with the ending of https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3338903211 . There is so much more to explore, but Charlie Jane Anders says she has "no plans for a book sequel," I do hope she changes her mind! Merged review: This gave me a little bit more but still not quite enough to make me feel satisfied with the ending of https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3338903211 . There is so much more to explore, but Charlie Jane Anders says she has "no plans for a book sequel," I do hope she changes her mind!”

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About Charlie Jane Anders

CHARLIE JANE ANDERS is the former editor-in-chief of io9.com, the extraordinarily popular Gawker Media site devoted to science fiction and fantasy. Her SF and fantasy debut novel, All the Birds in the Sky, won the 2017 Nebula Awards for Best Novel and was a finalist for the 2017 Hugo Award's Best Novel category. Her Tor.com story "Six Months, Three Days" won the 2013 Hugo Award. She has also had fiction published by McSweeney's, Lightspeed, and ZYZZYVA. Her journalism has appeared in Salon, the Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, and many other outlets.