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Need something new for your reading list? This week, we recommend Cecile Pin’s Celestial Lights<\/em> and the new Image Comics series,\u00a0If Destruction Be Our Lot<\/em>.<\/p>\n Another melancholic narrative about love, loss and the consequences of human ambition, with space as the backdrop? Oops, I might have a type. Cecile Pin’s Celestial Lights<\/em> is a short and contemplative novel about Oliver Ines, or Ollie, a man who has always been drawn to the stars and is one day chosen to lead a 10-year mission to one of Jupiter’s moons, Europa. It hops through time, following Ollie’s memories across his life and weaving in logs from the mission.<\/p>\n While space exploration is part of it, this isn’t a book to grab if you’re looking for excitement and adventure. Celestial Lights<\/em> is, as the blurb explains, “A portrait of a complicated man and a breathtaking tale of memory, personal choices, and the relationships that define us.”<\/p>\n The first issue of this series came out at the beginning of the month, and oh does it feel like the start of something really, really<\/em> great. The main character is, absurdly, an Abraham Lincoln robot whose purpose appears to be regurgitating quotes said by the 16th president of the US. He’s one of countless robots still running decades after humans have gone extinct. And, unlike most of the droids around him, he’s pretty caught up on what the meaning of his life is now that his original, human-assigned purpose is moot.<\/p>\n When things go awry during a bus ride one day \u2014 the vehicle being Abe’s autonomously driving friend, Bus \u2014 his world suddenly seems to expand, for better or worse. I loved the art style and tone, which is kind of darkly funny but also a bit serious. Super promising premiere issue. If Destruction Be Our Lot<\/em> is by writers Mark Elijah and Matthew Rosenberg and artist Andy MacDonald.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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