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This was a delightful, thoughtful, thought-provoking exploration of a bunch of very varied people - and the correspondingly varied issues that attend their personhood. Not necessarily for everyone, because the strictly Conflict-Related-Events are pretty few and far between, and not necessarily linked up into a chain of Proper Plot. This one is about 150% concerned with its characters and questions of what defines humanity (distinct, in this book, from Humanity, in a way that I found absolutely d
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4.5 stars
This was my third attempt to read this space opera - I'm a "mood" reader and the first couple of times it just didn't catch my interest, but this time - woohoo, it was fantastic!!
Thanks to Julia, who mentioned how much she loved this many times, I've a new series to add to Mount TBR :)
The motely crew aboard the Wayfarer have stolen my heart & I look forward to many more adventures. ...more
Thanks to Julia, who mentioned how much she loved this many times, I've a new series to add to Mount TBR :)
The motely crew aboard the Wayfarer have stolen my heart & I look forward to many more adventures. ...more
Loved this.
A real fun mix of characters aboard the spaceship 'Wayfarer' have a very eventful year.
The book is a quick, easy read and, there are no huge chunks of overly technical science-y stuff to wade through - all the info that is necessary is imparted conversationally and is very simply explained.
There is a wide range of fascinating alien races encountered along the way, and the interactions between them and the crew - some of whom are also alien - provide some of the more suspenseful mom ...more
A real fun mix of characters aboard the spaceship 'Wayfarer' have a very eventful year.
The book is a quick, easy read and, there are no huge chunks of overly technical science-y stuff to wade through - all the info that is necessary is imparted conversationally and is very simply explained.
There is a wide range of fascinating alien races encountered along the way, and the interactions between them and the crew - some of whom are also alien - provide some of the more suspenseful mom ...more
I really enjoyed how this book because it isn't about heroes and villains. It's an Everyman story set in space. There is uniquely science fiction conflict and tension, Chamber's world building is fascinating, but in the end it's just a particularly exciting job for this crew. I wanted to hang out with these folks.
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