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“The planet was beautiful. The planet was horrible. The planet was full of people, and they were beautiful and horrible, too.”

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

June 24, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 4 Comments

A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, grabbed my attention and did not let go. It was immersive, inclusive, and filled with all sorts of sentient beings with whom I was delighted to spend my time. It was not a book that I would have picked up on my own, but now I find myself barreling head-first further into the series. I was so excited to learn that it was a series; reading is the only way that I comfortably spend any “down time” […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: a long way to a small angry planet, art, artificial intelligence, Becky Chambers, exploring gender roles, female lead, found family, LGTBQ, meaning of life, survival, tattooing, wayfairers, wayfairers 2

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:64 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: a long way to a small angry planet, art, artificial intelligence, Becky Chambers, exploring gender roles, female lead, found family, LGTBQ, meaning of life, survival, tattooing, wayfairers, wayfairers 2 ·
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