Sunday Times bestselling author Becky Chambers returns to the Galactic Commons in the final installment in her award-winning and critically acclaimed Wayfarers series.
With no water,no air,and no native life,the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going for it is a chance proximity to more popular worlds,making it a decent stopover for ships traveling between the wormholes that keep the Galactic Commons connected. If deep space is a highway,Gora is just your average truck stop.
One of the many establishments present is the Five-Hop One-Stop,a place where long-haul spacers can stretch their legs (if they have legs,that is),and pick up fuel,transit permits,and assorted supplies. The Five-Hop is run by an enterprising alien and her occasionally helpful child,who both work hard to provide a little piece of home to everyone passing through.
When a freak technological failure halts traffic to and from Gora,three strangers are thrown together at the Five-Hop. Grounded,and with nothing to do but wait,the trio - an exiled artist with an appointment to keep,a cargo runner at a personal crossroads,and a mysterious individual doing her best to help those on the fringes - are compelled to confront where they've been,where they might go,and what they might be to each other.
Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonISBN: 9781473647688Number of pages: 336Weight: 240 gDimensions: 194 x 128 x 28 mm
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Praise for the Wayfarers series:
'The best speculative fiction currently being written... Becky Chambers is a wonder,and I feel better for having her books in my life.'- John Connolly,author of the Charlie Parker Thrillers
'Terrific... a masterly exploration of characterisation and diversity wrapped in intensity,heartbreak and tension.'- Joanne Harris
'Richly human,believable (and) compelling... underlain with a deep compassion and a feeling for community.'- Tor.com
'An intensely powerful and multifaceted meditation on time,history,change,and memory,leavened with a welcome touch of humor... This is a superb work from one of the genre's rising stars.'- Publishers Weekly
Becky Chambers
One of her generation's most innovative and original science fiction writers,American author Becky Chambers is best-known for her Wayfarer series,featuring the novels A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet,A Closed and Common Orbit,and Record of a Spaceborn Few. Published on 8 August 2019,To Be Taught,if Fortunate is Chambers first published novella outside of the Wayfarer universe.
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