![]() The people are ordinary, but not ordinary like you would see in the grocery store. If you hadn’t guessed, it’s a long way to get to the part of the galaxy they need to connect, so the book mostly consists of random events happening to ordinary people over a very long space journey. This story is almost more exciting than the plot of the book itself, which follows some ordinary people on a mission to create an artificial wormhole connecting one part of the galaxy to another. ![]() Afterwards, she published a few sequels and won the Hugo award for best series. Becky Chambers essentially paid the costs to write it through a kickstarter, backed by about fifty people and earning her $3,000, and self-published. ![]() Why this book exists is a thrilling story of hope and success in and of itself. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet deserves every accolade thrown its way because it does something no one else has tried before and, despite its weaknesses, it does it exceedingly well. Like these weird aliens, the book is flawed, and also like them, I am so very glad that it exists. ![]() For a long stretch at the start you wonder if you’re just going to spend the whole book reading about weird aliens sitting at a dinner table congratulating each other for existing. Some of its plot points blaze into glorious satisfaction, others fizzle and leave you wondering why they were ever included (looking at you, Rosemary’s dad). ![]() It’s not an action-packed romp, nor is it a sexy romance. With that out of the way, if you’re looking for problems with this book you’ll find them. ![]()
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