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Another story I didn’t know existed, a perfect author for the Gateway square

A Good Heretic (Wayfarers #0.5) by Becky Chambers

August 22, 2021 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

There are a handful of authors that I am simply delighted Cannonball Read has put on my reading radar. Becky Chambers is absolutely one of those. Her The Wayfarers series helped to cement for me my enjoyment of space based science fiction, while simultaneously reaffirming that one doesn’t need to rely on the hero’s journey in order to write excellent genre fiction. My favorite genre books are all character driven, and that is just the kind of exploration and survival stories at which Chambers excels. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: A Good Heretic, Becky Chambers, cbr13bingo, faintingviolet, Gateway, novella, Wayfarers Series

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: A Good Heretic, Becky Chambers, cbr13bingo, faintingviolet, Gateway, novella, Wayfarers Series ·
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The Five-Hop One-Stop at the End of the Universe

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

May 11, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 1 Comment

Well, not exactly the end of the universe, but definitely the Restaurant at the End of the Wayfarers Series! While we’re speaking of restaurants, allow me to share with you one of the best (outside of Redwall, of course) feast descriptions that I have ever come across: “grilled quickbread, a hurriedly made batch of whitefish salad, tiny wraps of grain paper stuffed with nut butter and edible flowers, and the last of his smoked eel and crackers.” So very tempting- and I can barely tolerate […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Becky Chambers, lgtbqia, queer, space, space opera, survival, tolerance, Wayfarers, Wayfarers #4, Wayfarers Series

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:42 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Becky Chambers, lgtbqia, queer, space, space opera, survival, tolerance, Wayfarers, Wayfarers #4, Wayfarers Series ·
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