LINKDING

<blockquote>Nobody pays attention to a slump-backed brownish girl with droopy-lidded eyes. She's got all the genes that make her look Less Human, according to the Important powers that be.</blockquote> ➤ this story is incredible. Great narrative voice, great characters, worldbuilding, etc. Main character is autistic, and author is too.

<blockquote>I hadn’t had a minute, since getting off the airship, to put down my carpet bag and close my eyes. But Dr. Clarence Fullerton was intent on showing me the entire encampment before I rested. He never paused to allow me a word in edgewise, although at that point I was so exhausted I couldn’t have said much anyway.</blockquote> ➤ autistic lesbian representation in the context of alternate-19th-century dinosaur fossil wars! IT'S SO GREAT. ➤ (the word autistic is never used but it's clear the main character is intended to be seen as such. and the author is autistic too.)