Wayfarers Series 4 Books Collection Set by Becky Chambers (The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, A Closed and Common Orbit, Record of a Spaceborn Few & To Be Taught, If Fortunate)

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Review: This fourth novel concludes the author's Wayfarer series, and it isn't to be expected that Chambers will return to this universe. I went with huge expectations. In blurbs comparisons where made to Ursula Le Guin and Firefly mention those two is sure ways to get my undivided attention. Sadly this book is nothing like my favorite tv show and it's nowhere near of depth of Le Guin's books.

Okay, this is a cute dance you learn as a kid. It’s called . . .’ She paused. There was no translating this. She thought for a moment, then gave up and pointed at her cheeks as she flashed the name of the dance. ‘That. It’s called that.’ But it isn’t all bad. Increasingly, authors are writing “hopepunk” stories (a slightly cringeworthy term inspired by cyberpunk) that weaponise optimism, according to one Vox journalist. Rosemary is the new comer to the Wayfarer ship and family. But she soon finds out what it means to have a real family, to find love, to fight for each others survival.Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in a new body, following a total system shut-down and reboot, she has to start over, in a world where her kind are illegal. She's never felt so alone. But she's not alone, not really. Pepper, one of the engineers who risked life and limb to reinstall Lovelace, is determined to help her adjust to her new world. Because Pepper knows a thing or two about starting over. There's some cool, if familiar stuff here - The Long Way... is set in a Mass Effect-like society of aliens where humanity is very much a bit player. The Bioware similarities also extend to a human-AI relationship, where the human suffers from a physical condition (Dwarfism), much like Joker and EDI in the Mass Effect games. The worldbuilding is good, and Chamber’s characters are very diverse, if not very interesting. One of my favorite things in all of literature is reading about found families and having that be a pivotal aspect to a story. Friends, I feel bad praising any other book before this one, because this is the found family of my soul. I have never read a book with a better found family in my entire life, and I don’t think I ever will. But what keeps having me stumble is the fact that on a hard science basis, it fails really badly. One recurring theme in this series is that the ships are powered by algae fuel (what energy grows the algae? Starlight, even in the most far out reaches of the gallery? Why would that power source suffice to power interstellar travel? And if it did, why would you run it through algae first, not use starlight directly? Are you telling me they are burning wet algae?), or are perpetual energy machines (seriously, every book, and explained literally! How are editors not catching this? You cannot harvest energy from your own movement sourced from exclusively your own energy. That is just not how it works.), and that "turning off gravity" (?!?) somehow also cancels momentum (those children can yell "falling" all they like, gravity or no, after hitting terminal velocity, they will still hit the ground or ceiling with a splat). The superluminal travel makes no sense as presented. The economic system makes no sense. There are also artificial intelligences that run ships and other hardware, but it is illegal to upload an AI to a humanoid robot. This is key in the second book, A Closed and Common Orbit, which is a fantastic examination of identity and autonomy.

In “The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet,” we are introduced to Rosemary Harper, the newcomer to the aging Wayfarer spaceship. It is an old ship that was once the pride and joy of Earth but is now in disrepair. She has been offered a chance to explore the remote corners of the galaxy and a place to sleep, even though the main reason for her joining is to get away from her past. She is an introspective woman who keeps to herself but finds the diverse crew very odd. There is the exotic reptilian pilot Sissix, Jenks and Kizzy the chatty engineers that ensure every mechanical thing is running well and their noble captain Ashby. It is a crazy and chaotic life aboard the ship but this is what Rosemary needs. But it is about to become very dangerous as the ship gets a contract to go to the other side of the galaxy. They are to tunnel wormholes into space to find a way to a distant planet. The pay is good and will set them up for years though she had never planned on putting her life at risk. In deep space, they will have to deal with some unexpected adventures and several unexpected mishaps that will call for them to rely on each other more than ever before. Friends, I have never fallen in love with fictional character the way that I fell in love with all the members on the Wayfarer. Pei, who’s an Aeluon, a race that can’t hear and communicates in colors. is teaching the Lawn Party group to dance: Chambers has lived in Iceland and Scotland before returning to California, where she currently resides with her wife, Berglaug Asmundardottir, [1] [13] in Humboldt County. [2] Awards [ edit ] Work Alas, this is not how “making money” works, and most studios would probably opt for a longer series with more earnings potential. But with the right minds behind the project, a Wayfarers series could make a splash in the same way the The Queen’s Gambit did, as a one-off, self-contained limited series. Launch, make a big impression, and exit stage left once the story has come to a close, remaining in the minds of viewers and readers for years to come as one of the greats. Current Outlook: Middling At Best

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This book captures the simultaneous close-encounter-with and detachment-from the here-now that we experience during a crisis really well, while also incorporating several other themes like a refugee crisis, speciesism, ableism, war, social taboos, motherhood, the unbridgeable gap between us and the other and the extra kindness that our interactions therefore demand. And relief of all reliefs: there isn't a single heteronormative, white, human male character here. Actually, there isn't any sort of human character if you don't count mere mentions.

I always get nervous reading a sci-fi book because I'm afraid I won't know what's going on - and yes I say that every time. BUT <--- this book is so awesome. A couple of things went over my head but who cares! I'm sure that Chamers aficionados will be able to love this in a way that I wasn't but if I had to be completely honest with myself, reading it felt like a waste of my time. Do you think that’s gonna stop me from imagining what one would be like? Hell no. Wayfarers would be a fresh fit for streamers in this age of endless adaptation. Here’s why. Humanity With a Capital H Speaker was awake, but hadn’t left her bed. She had no plans to do so anytime soon. It was very, very morning." Her way of depicting emotions and her ability in creating such calm, endearing, empowered and caring characters are truly something that needs to be celebrated and properly highlighted.My library ebook copy lets me copy snippets for quotes. So here's Ouloo, a Laru (you can tell from the vowel-heavy name), manager of Gora's Five-Hop One-Stop, trying to get ready for a day at work. There are complications: