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Kimi Eisele

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Kimi Eisele is the author of The Lightest Object in the Universe, a novel. Her work has appeared in Longreads, Guernica, Terrain.org, High Country News, Orion, Fourth Genre, and other publications. She holds a master’s degree in geography from the University of Arizona, where in 1998 she founded You Are Here: The Journal of Creative Geography. Also a performing and visual artist, her work has been funded by the Arts Foundation of Southern Arizona, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the Kresge Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She lives in Tucson and works for the Southwest Folklife Alliance.

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The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele
"I’ve thought of this scenario since 9/11 consistently when I travel because it’s far more possible now. What if I were separated from my loved ones with no communication? What would happen if no one sat still?

Who would be trustworthy to team with? W" Read more of this review »
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"I primarily read apocalyptic and dystopian books. I have read over a hundred. Lost count. Most are documented here .
This may not have been the absolute best, but it is up there with the top ones. The story line is an amazing and wonderful change fro" Read more of this review »
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“Grief and pain could make you either cruel or generous; the only common denominator was loss.”
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“Societies fail because they are unwilling or unable to adapt their cultural values to environmental realities. We humans can’t reconcile how we live with where we live.”
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“He bent to touch what had accumulated, a cold white invitation, then began to dig. Into the depression, he deposited the old farmhouse, the lost future, any magical thinking about June’s return. He filled the hole again with snow.”
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3rd Quarter 2020 - SciFi #2

Afterland by Lauren Beukes, 416p (July 28 pub)
 
  4 votes, 36.4%

Edges by Linda Nagata, 476p
 
  3 votes, 27.3%

Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May, 448p (Aug 4 pub)
 
  2 votes, 18.2%

Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, 640p (Aug or Sept)
 
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Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis, 384p (July 21 pub)
 
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