WarikCastil

I would like to nominate A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine.

It's a fantastic entry into the genre. Interesting future human cultures. The world feels very fleshed out and unlike anything I have read before. It plays with the concept of what an "alien" even is.

I love pretty much all of his books but this trilogy was truly epic.

Costco updates their prices based on a number of factors. But they are running the data every 15 minutes to adapt to market changes.

Due to their volume of sales and this near instant price adjustments you will see their prices react to the "market" faster than most other stations.

When prices were at an all-time high a year or so ago and then Biden announced he was releasing some reserves my local station, at a point in time was over 1$ less per gallon than the nearest station

Basically everything by Adrian Tchaikovsky But specifically Children of Time series. Humans are essentially the "ancient" alien race. It's a unique spin on it.