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Provenance, by Ann Leckie, and my reading habit

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Provenance is a standalone novel which appeared a little while after Ann Leckie had made a considerable impact in science fiction with what came to be known as the Imperial Radch trilogy . No, I don't know how to pronounce that. Perhaps a bit of Googling might turn up a fan's report of how Leckie pronounced it herself at a book signing. But it's not a bad bit of nomenclature. If it's meant to sound a bit like 'Reich', that suits the story well enough. Provenance is set in the same universe, but outside the Radch realm, and a Radch character only appears briefly. I'll say right out, that Provenance is a weaker book than any of those in the Trilogy; it's slighter, smaller in scale, and even seems somewhat uncertain in its intentions at times. But I'm glad I read it , because I'll be one of the many readers who found the setting intriguing and wanted to see more of it. Also, I wanted to read it before I read  Translation State , set in this univ