Bishop, for me, is one of the best. Yes, Tolkien et al are epic, I don't mean to downplay the the greats, but Bishop creates such unique and inventive worlds. I just look forward to whatever she writes.
This is the third book in the Ephemera series. Ephemera is the name of the world. It has been broken by a war, and pieces are adrift. Say, you're in Spain, maybe even right on the border of France. But because the world is broken, you can't get to France. That's not true for every piece of Ephemera, but some are completely unconnected.
Ephemera is also... sentient, it has a personality. It's childlike and grants its peoples wishes, changing the world to fit those wishes. So, in this world, there are Landscapers and Bridges.
