January 15, 2022
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
A group of space explorers on a long-range project sleep between stops at the worlds on their itinerary, sometimes for a decade or longer. Each time they wake up with different features, having transformed themselves in sleep. At the same time, things are constantly changing back on Earth - sometimes the astronauts wake to find that their home countries no longer exist, or that support for space exploration has morphed into a type of cult - only to find that things have changed again the next time they wake. Their goal is to study, explore, and send their findings back to Earth.
This is a stand-alone novella outside of Chambers' Wayfarers series (which I love). While I didn't love it as much as the books in the series, as always, there is great world-building, diverse characters, and wonderful writing. There are no battles or wars, no nefarious plots, not much of a plot at all, just great characters going about their day to day tasks.
A galaxy far, far away
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