6/2/2023 0 Comments The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya![]() Tatyana Tolstaya s The Slynx reimagines dystopian fantasy as a wild, horripilating amuseme*nt park ride. ![]() ![]() And he s managed at least so far to steer clear of the ever vigilant Saniturions, who track down anyone who manifests the slightest sign of Freethinking, and the legendary screeching Slynx that waits in the wilderness beyond. He has a house, too, with enough mice to cook up a tasty meal, and he s happily free of mutations: no extra fingers, no gills, no cockscombs sprouting from his eyelids. He’s got a job transcribing old books and presenting them as the words of the great new leader, Fyodor Kuzmich, Glorybe and though he doesn t enjoy the privileged status of a Murza, at least he s not a serf or a half human four legged Degenerator harnessed to a troika. ![]() Two hundred years after civilization ended in an event known as the Blast, Benedikt isn t one to complain. ![]()
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