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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, 1)" by Becky
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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:34:09 -0500
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"The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, 1)" by Becky Chambers
    https://www.amazon.com/Long-Small-Angry-Planet-Wayfarers/dp/0062444131/

The first book of a four book space opera science fiction series.  I 
read the well printed and well bound trade paperback published by Harper 
Voyager in 2014 that I bought new on Amazon.  I have bought the second 
book in the series and am reading that now.  Please note that this 
series won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Series.

Life in the not so near future is quite different.  Earth was horribly 
polluted and overcrowded so many people moved to other planets and space 
ships in the Solar System.  And then the aliens showed up using wormhole 
traveling space ships to cross the great expanses of space much faster. 
The humans are now junior members of the Galactic Commons, the GC, with 
all of the rights and responsibilities that come with that.

Rosemary Harper is on the run from her past.  She was born and raised on 
Mars and has been educated as a administrative clerk with fluency in 
several alien languages.  She has been hired by Captain Ashby Santoso of 
the wormhole tunneling small and aged spaceship "Wayfarer" to sort out 
their paperwork messes.  The crew is of several alien races and diverse 
capabilities: a captain, a pilot, a navigator, a doctor / chef, a algae 
fuel technician, and two equipment technicians.  Plus an AI to run the 
myriad processes of a space ship.

This book reminds me so much of the "Firefly" tv series due to the crew 
interactions.  There are many space alien races, xenophobia, both 
mammals and reptiles plus a blob race, AIs, etc.  Technology and 
craziness are rampant throughout the galaxy with people living 
everywhere that they can set down roots for a while.

The drawing of the "Wayfayer" on the cover is totally cool with the 
solarium containing the miniature forest on top of the spaceship.  I 
would like to see a larger picture of it.

The author has a website at:
    https://www.otherscribbles.com/

My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating:  4.4 out of 5 stars (27,656 reviews)

Lynn