$2.99 eBook Sale: June 2020
It’s time to gather up that summer reading stack, and we’re here to help with some discounted ebooks! Check out what books you can snag for only $2.99 throughout the ENTIRE month of June below!
Tag: The Just City
On the Road: Tor/Forge Author Events in March
Tor/Forge authors are on the road in March! Once a month, we’re collecting info about all of our upcoming author events. Check and see who’ll be coming to a city near you: Ellen Datlow, The Doll Collection Tuesday, March 10 Morbid Anatomy Museum Books provided by WORD Bookstore. Brooklyn, NY 7:00 PM Monday, March 16…
Gods, Philosophers, and Robots
Author Jo Walton talks about “high culture,” Plato, and her new novel The Just City .
Starred Review: The Just City by Jo Walton
“As skilled in execution as it is fascinating in premise, Walton’s new work (after 2013’s My Real Children) doesn’t require a degree in classics, although readers might well be inspired to read Plato after seeing the rocky destruction of his dream. Although rich with philosophical discussions, what keeps this novel from becoming too chilly or…
Starred Review: The Just City by Jo Walton
“The award-winning Walton has written a remarkable novel of ideas that demands—and repays—careful reading. It is itself an exercise in philosophy that often, courtesy of Socrates, critically examines Plato’s ideas. If this sounds abstruse, it sometimes is, but the plot is always accessible and the world building and characterization are superb. In the end, the…