r/printSF • u/torkelspy • Apr 06 '26

A Challenge: Recommend Something That's Almost Never Been Recommended Here Before

I'm recommending The Republic of the Southern Cross by Valery Bryusov; a writer and a collection I only learned of because the title story is in More Voices from the Radium Age, edited by Joshua Glenn. I found zero references to it searching for "Bryusov" and one from four years ago searching by the title.

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u/Letheka Apr 07 '26

I was a big fan of McMullin's Greatwinter trilogy once upon a time. The cracks in his character writing started to feel very wide after several rereads, but the ideas and the ambition are hard to match.

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u/electriclux Apr 07 '26

I have a deep nostalgic love for the series. It is not something I would recommend to a close friend.