Record of a Spaceborn Few

Wayfarers 3

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Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.

ISBN:
978-1-4736-4761-9
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Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but few outsiders have seen. Humanity has finally been accepted into the galactic community, but while this has opened doors for many, those who have not yet left for alien cities fear that their carefully cultivated way of life is under threat.

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reviewed Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #3)

A Beautiful Meditation on Belonging and Impermanence

I feel like there's not a lot I can write about this one without dropping too many spoilers. What I can say for sure is that I thought the themes of #belonging and #impermanence were conveyed extremely well here. The writing was similarly strong to A Closed and Common Orbit, with a few more perspective characters.

#anicca #anitya #interdepencence #interbeing

reviewed Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #3)

Broadens the world of this series nicely

I appreciated how much this book fills out the world and culture of its setting through individual characters' stories, without having to do a lot of Worldbuilding per se. I found each main character in some way relatable, and particularly enjoyed the way their initially disparate stories gradually get connected to each other. In the end I didn't find it quite as satisfying as the more tightly focussed stories of the first two books, but it's very nicely done and has a lot of very timely stuff to say about ways people care for each other or fail to, and about both emigration and immigration.