![]() ![]() ![]() For one thing, other species apparently think we smell bad, a tiny joke Chambers uses to needle the arbitrariness of prejudice. ![]() Humans are one of the newer species in the GC, and we’re not particularly beloved. It centers on a future version of humanity that has found its way into something called the Galactic Commons, a sort of United Nations for the galaxy. It even won the Hugo Award, one of the most prestigious sci-fi prizes, for best series in 2019. The Wayfarers series is Chambers’s most famous work to date. (The republished edition of Planet and her subsequent books have been published by major sci-fi publishing houses.) That fan base has grown considerably as Chambers has published three novels set in the same universe as Planet, as well as two unrelated novellas. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is defined by grounded hopefulness and top-notch space opera pastiche - it captures so many of the reasons I love Star Trek without actually having anything to do with Star Trek - and it soon found a cult fan base. which she eventually self-published in 2014. The sci-fi writer launched her career in 2012 by raising money on Kickstarter, meant to buy herself the time to focus on finishing her first novel, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Becky Chambers is one of the few authors whose every book I gobble up greedily. ![]()
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