Book #134 of 2021: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers #4) Another lovely and warmhearted picture of alien diversity, reportedly the last in the loose Wayfarers series from author Becky Chambers. (These stories are discrete enough that there’s no internal continuity reason for this to be a conclusion, but that’s what …
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Book #250 of 2018: Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers #3) I adore every book in this warmhearted series about humanity’s future amid a coalition of other intelligent space-travelers, but this latest volume feels like a minor step down on a technical level. The five new viewpoint characters, all human residents of …
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Book #117 of 2018: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers #2) This spinoff sequel to The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet shares its predecessor’s compassionate depiction of a sci-fi universe teeming with intelligent and emotional life. Among other qualities, it’s a radically trans-positive future, featuring aliens who regularly change their …
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Book #92 of 2018: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers #1) A gloriously uplifting space opera, featuring a diverse crew of interstellar travelers who are fascinatingly drawn and who all care deeply for one another. The setting is sort of like Firefly amid a Star Trek or Mass Effect-like …
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