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Queer Science FictionTransgender & Nonbinary Fiction

Light From Uncommon Stars

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  • 2021 first published
  • 384 pages
  • ★ 3.8 (4 ratings)
  • 3 editions
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Ryka Aoki's Light From Uncommon Stars (2021) is a queer science fiction and trans fiction novel. It deals with violinists, transgender people, blessing and cursing and Transgender.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 51 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 3 editions.

At about 384 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

About Light From Uncommon Stars

**An adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts.** Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six. When Katrina Nguyen, a young transgender runaway, catches Shizuka's ear with her wild talent, Shizuka can almost feel the curse lifting. She's found her final candidate. But in a donut shop off a bustling highway in the San Gabriel Valley, Shizuka meets Lan Tran, retired starship captain, interstellar refugee, and mother of four. Shizuka doesn't have time for crushes or coffee dates, what with her very soul on the line, but Lan's kind smile and eyes like stars might just redefine a soul's worth. And maybe something as small as a warm donut is powerful enough to break a curse as vast as the California coastline. As the lives of these three women become entangled by chance and fate, a story of magic, identity, curses, and hope begins, and a family worth crossing the universe for is found.
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  • Violinists
  • Transgender people
  • Blessing and cursing
  • LGBTQ+
  • Transgender
  • Science Fiction
  • Transsexuals
  • Stonewall Book Awards

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Who wrote Light From Uncommon Stars?

Light From Uncommon Stars was written by Ryka Aoki and first published in 2021.

What genre is Light From Uncommon Stars?

It is usually shelved as Queer Science Fiction and Transgender & Nonbinary Fiction.

How long is Light From Uncommon Stars?

The median edition has 384 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Light From Uncommon Stars?

Readers who like it often enjoy A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Meanwhile, Elsewhere and Out of Salem.

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