#mindtouch

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"You realize this is a little like a surgeon taking on a completely shattered body as his first patient and determining from his imperfect performance that he'll never be any good at surgery," Palland said.

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Have you read Mindtouch by MCA Hogarth (2013)?

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Voting ended onNov 15, 2024

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Queer Adult SFF Books Bracket: Preliminary Round

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A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys

Mindtouch by M.C.A. Hogarth (The Dreamhealers series)

Voting ended onNov 23, 2024

Book summaries and submitted endorsements below:

A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys

Endorsement from submitter: "Excellent first-contact book that really delves into the personal as political and centers around a queer family."

On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay. She heads out to check what she expects to be a false alarm--and stumbles upon the first alien visitors to Earth. These aliens have crossed the galaxy to save humanity, convinced that the people of Earth must leave their ecologically-ravaged planet behind and join them among the stars. And if humanity doesn't agree, they may need to be saved by force.

The watershed networks aren't ready to give up on Earth. Decades ago, they rose up to exile the last corporations to a few artificial islands, escape the dominance of nation-states, and reorganize humanity around the hope of keeping their world liveable. By sharing the burden of decision-making, they've started to heal the wounded planet.

But now corporations, nation-states, and networks all vie to represent humanity to these powerful new beings, and if any one accepts the aliens' offer, Earth may be lost. With everyone’s eyes turned skyward, everything hinges on the success of Judy's effort to create understanding, both within and beyond her own species.

Science fiction, first contact, climate fiction, family, adult

Mindtouch by M.C.A. Hogarth (The Dreamhealers series)

Endorsement from submitter: "Delightful cross-species queerplatonic relationship."

Seersana University is worlds-renowned for its xenopsychology program, producing the Alliance's finest therapists, psychiatric nurses and alien researchers. When Jahir, one of the rare and reclusive Eldritch espers, arrives on campus, he's unprepared for the challenges of a vast and multicultural society… but fortunately, second-year student Vasiht'h is willing to take him under his wing. Will the two win past their troubles and doubts and see the potential for a once-in-a-lifetime partnership?

Science fiction, cozy scifi, slice-of-life, series, adult

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Mindtouch

slow cozy sci-fi about two students at an alien medical school who end up roommates because they’re both psychic, and become friends

slice of life, nonanthropomorphic aliens, start of a series

edit 2025 okay I just heard the author is apparently a trump supporter and homophobic now.

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Mindtouch is really good so far :O

I like Vasiht’h a lot

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“Our choices shape our lives, and until we die we can make new ones.”

Mindtouch (by MCA Hogarth)

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How could two words sound like a hundred? Maybe that’s how poets worked. Maybe they could all imply an entire night of unplanned intimacies with a handful of words.

Mindtouch (by MCA Hogarth)