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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, 1)" by Becky
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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:02:07 -0500
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On 3/19/2025 3:34 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> "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

And James has a far better review of the book than mine:
  
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/not-quite-the-traveller-novel-i-was-expecting

Lynn