Janet Kagan's Hellspark
I really liked Kagan's Mirabile, and am finally getting around to reading her other novel, which I liked even more! It’s about a woman from a society that learns all sorts of languages and their nuances, and she ends up on a planet being surveyed, where one surveyor has mysteriously died, and no one can agree if the local creatures are sapient, and there are a lot of interpersonal problems amongst the group. And she’s got to sort that all out, but luckily she has her spaceship AI to help out! And much of the book is from the AI's point of view as she (her name is Maggy) learns more about communication and the world around her. Everything about THAT was my catnip. But this whole book was just really interesting and SATISFYING. SO GOOD. A.
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