Praise for The City in the Middle of the Night "A breathtaking work of imagination and storytelling. making the case for Anders as this generation's Le Guin." --Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less "An intimate portrait of people as much as it is a piece of culturally aware social scifi -- a look at our moment in history through a distorting lens of aliens and spaceships." --NPR "Tragic, brave, and so very human.Anders dares to imagine something different, a better way forward." -- Den of Geek "Classic SF in the mode of Ursula K Le Guin or Octavia Butler.This is a millennial's novel, featuring young people trying to make their way through an uncaring, corrupt and intermittently violent world.Heartfelt and absorbing fiction.
" -- The Guardian "Anders has written a unique book, one that uses tropes found in old-school science fiction to comment on modern side effects of class structures" -- Washington Post "Original and gripping. The City in the Middle of the Night may be set light-years away, but it's likely to hit too close to home." -- Paste "An even stronger novel than Anders' Nebula Award-winning All the Birds in the Sky ; a tale that can stand beside such enduring works as Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness , Frank Herbert's Dune , and Dan Simmons' Hyperion ." -- Booklist , starred review "Anders contains multitudes; it's always a fascinating and worthwhile surprise to see what she comes up with next." -- Kirkus , starred review "An intricate tale of colonialism and evolution on both physical and social levels. Stunningly storytelling that will capture readers' minds and hearts." -- Library Journal , starred review "Intricate, embracing much of what makes a grand adventure: smugglers, revolutionaries, pirates, camaraderie, personal sacrifice, wondrous discovery, and the struggle to find light in the darkness.
Breathlessly exciting and thought-provoking." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Absolutely memorable.terrifying and exciting. makes for a fascinating exploration of humanity and human relationships." -- Hypable "The kind of didactic, intelligent, critical fiction that interrogates the boundaries of our current moment through broad-scope questions.I couldn't recommend it more." -- Tor.com "A stunning novel.
" --Edan Lepucki, author of Woman No. 17 "A wildly inventive, inventively radical, radically subtle rush of a novel." --Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife "Like a classic from another timeline. This book has notes of Ursula K. Le Guin and Philip Pullman." --Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore " The City in the Middle of the Night does everything right. I f--ing love this book.
It is really, really breathtaking." --Daveed Diggs, Grammy and Tony Award winning actor "A tale that unfolds with precision, presenting wholly original ideas, new and beautiful life forms, and chillingly extrapolated and corrupt societies. I highly recommend [it]." --Anthony Rapp, Broadway star.