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stuebinm quoted A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

Arkady Martine: A Memory Called Empire (Hardcover, 2019, Tor Books)

Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover …

This book is dedicated to anyone who has ever fallen in love with a culture that was devouring their own (And for Grigor Pehlavuni and Petros Getadarj, across the centuries.)

— A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (Page 7)

this is such a good dedication for this book

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(though i wonder if they were as horny about it — but also i just realised the name's similar with Darj Tarat, and seems it's not a coincidence: Petros Getadarj was Armenian, and Lsel's language (or at least phonitactics) are inspired by Armenian according to Martine's short language description at the end of the book!)

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