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"We are a dream," whispered Tevanne. "A half thing. An unfinished work."
— Robert Bennet Jackson, Locklands
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"We are a dream," whispered Tevanne. "A half thing. An unfinished work."
— Robert Bennet Jackson, Locklands
Queer Book Ship Tournament 2025 Round 1
Shang Qinghua/Mobei-Jun- The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System
Keita Mori/Thaniel Steepleton- The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Sancia Grado/Berenice Grimaldi- The Foundryside Trilogy
Shara Wheeler/Chloe Green - I Kissed Shara Wheeler
Character, book, and author names under the cut
Books I Read in 2025: Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
"This place has a tainted heart. That I've seen up close. But I have also seen horrors out in the world, young lady. I learned to tame some of them. And I have come home to bring to this city the very thing I am delivering you to."
Me, pointing at my favorite character: "We need to stop putting this guy in situations"
round 3, poll 7
click for better quality & to see the full image. sometimes they get cut off weirdly!
which cover do you like best?
L'Enterrement des Etoiles by christophe guillemain cover by Abel Klaer
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
remember, you're voting for the cover, not the author or the book!
She named herself after the little girl's doll.
She named herself after the little girl's doll.
She claimed her agency from a name associated with joy and play and love. She's like the doll, a tool in the shape of a person, but she gained her personhood in a way that honoured the love of a small child for her toy friend, and all the other people sacrificed to bring her into being.
Foundryside is already an unhinged trilogy but Locklands is absolutely the greatest example of this.
You have the tragic lesbians, the traumatized middle-aged woman, the sapient key, the former ray of sunshine, and the godlike being with near-absolute power over reality.
All of them except for the godlike being are in a hivemind together.
The key is the god’s absent father who is being haunted by his dead wife.
They are trying to break into the backrooms of the universe before a different, eviller hivemind does.
What the fuck is happening.
Foundryside good thanks gunk.
gregor and sancia 👍