Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Akwụkwọ mbụ Nevala-Lee dere, "The Icon Thief", bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ na-akpali akpali nke nkata sitere n'ọrụ onye na-ese ihe bụ Marcel Duchamp, natara nyocha kpakpando site na "Publishers Weekly". Ihe nkiri ọzọ, "City of Exiles", dabeere n'otu akụkụ n'ihe ahụ mere na Dyatlov Pass
, ebe akwụkwọ ikpeazụ dị na trilogy, "Eternal Empire", na-agụnye ihe ndị sitere na akụkọ ifo nke Shambhala. N'akụkụ akụkọ ifo sayensị, onye nkatọ "Locus" bụ Rich Horton akpọwo Nevala-Lee otu n'ime nchọpụta kachasị mma n'oge na-adịbeghị anya...Otu n'ime echiche Nevala-Lee bụ igosi ọnọdụ nke na-atụ aro echiche dị egwu ma ọ bụ nke akụkọ ifo sayensị, wee tụgharịa echiche ahụ n'isi ya, ọ bụghị site na ịkọwa isi ihe, ma ọ bụ ịkọwa ya n'ụzọ nkịtị, kama site n'inye ya nkọwa dị iche, ikekwe nkọwa sayensị siri ike karị. "Analog" ekwuola ya dịka "onye isi nke...akụkọ[s] setịpụrụ na ebe a na-atụghị anya ya, na akụkọ sayensị na-abịa site na ntụziaka a na-atụghị anya ya,<unk> ebe onye nchịkọta akụkọ "Locus" bụ Jonathan Strahan kwuru na akụkọ ifo Nevala-Lee "bụ ụfọdụ n'ime ihe kachasị mma na "Analog" n'ime afọ iri gara aga". "The Wall Street Journal" akpọwo Nevala-Lee "onye edemede akụkọ sayensị nwere ọgụgụ isi", na Jim Killen nke "Tor" edewo na o nwetala "aha ọma dị ka otu n'ime ndị edemede SFF na-eto eto kachasị mma n'ebe ahụ".