Re: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - A short review

On 4/9/25 12:57, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 4/9/2025 1:52 PM, BCFD 36 wrote:

I am glad the google groups at least has the some of the old stuff in it. I see that this book had been lightly discussed years ago.
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Whilst in Hawaii, I read "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet". It had the potential to be really good. Or really smutty. But for me it was just "meh".

 I reviewed this book here on March 19, 2025.
 ""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"
 Lynn
  

DOH!
It was your review of the book that caused me to buy it. Maybe we drank too many Mai Tais while we were in Hawaii? Too many shots to the head when I was boxing in college or playing football in high school?
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