One of the things I liked was the prominence of the female characters. They were strong, competent, and capable and their femininity was not their driving character. They were female, yes, but they were primarily pilots, technicians, and captains.

Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet — Becky Chambers The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet — Becky Chambers

The attitudes used would work fine if this is the first human this species met (say) but they're not, they're the diaspora of their relative cultures living in multi-cultural space and are used to this.

Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, their noble captain. Submit your current paintings, give and receive critiques. Post resources such as tutorials, ask questions, learn about and the art of watercolor! Obviously there are niggles or it would have the full 5 stars. For one thing I didn't always gel quite with the author's vision of the future of tech or community. Part of this could well simply be that the story is 10 years old so things have changed; all of it is obviously merely personal taste.

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Life aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet is definitely lucrative and will keep them comfortable for years. But risking her life wasn’t part of the plan. In the far reaches of deep space, the tiny Wayfarer crew will confront a host of unexpected mishaps and thrilling adventures that force them to depend on each other. To survive, Rosemary’s got to learn how to rely on this assortment of oddballs—an experience that teaches her about love and trust, and that having a family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe.This is my first time reading this novel and I’ve had this series on my TBR for way too long! I’m excited to read this together with you all, for the first time! It promises to be a fun filled, scifi romp through the cosmos aboard the Wayfarer, out titular ship who’s adventures we will be following in this book. It’s going to be a chaotic and crazy ride! Strap yourselves in! Who will not like it: pretty much if you agree with Sad Puppies, you won't like this book. If you expect an epic space opera with politics, intrigue, and high speed interstellar chases, you are better off watching the next Star Wars movie. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is a fairly unique book in its structure. While there was an overarching story that everything ties into, reading it felt more like watching an episodic TV show. Each chapter almost felt like a short story - they all tied into the main story, but only rarely referenced each other. It was certainly a fun way to read a book, and one that I can't recall ever really encountering before.

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Do you agree with Ohan that the Wane is a fair price to pay for enlightenment? What would you be willing to give up for the kind of knowledge Ohan possesses? I play games (both video and tabletop), I do astronomy outreach with my local club, and I love bugs. Ask me anything. Chapter 10: The Wane: We meet Ohan, Sianat Pair of The Wayfarer, looking out the window of their quarters. They are experiencing the first stage of The Wane: stiffness and muscle spasms. Eventually their body would continue to degrade and break down. Ohan is afraid, even if the infection was sacred. Only Chef and Ashby know that Ohan has begun to Wane. Really enjoyed this but somehow didn't quite love it. It's an ambitious sci-fi and feels modern and clever and seems very queer-friendly, as well as considerate of neurodiversity and exploration of the emotional effects of the kinds of events that are common in such tales.Build your own Jurassic World, bioengineer new dinosaur breeds, and construct attractions, containment and research facilities. Every choice leads to a different path and spectacular challenges arise when 'life finds a way'. From Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, to Kizzy and Jenks, the chatty engineers who keep the ship running, to the noble captain Ashby, life aboard is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. That is until the crew is offered the job of a lifetime tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet. Sure, they'll earn enough money to live comfortably for years, but risking her life wasn't part of the job description.

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Which makes the one truly dramatic event in the book, Corbin's decision that sealed Ohan's fate stand out very brightly when compared to the rest of the book. (And no, the resolution of Jenks's and Lovey's plot line is not really that dramatic, because ... well, expected). Chapter 13: The Last War: Dr Chef and Rosemary talk about Chef’s species in the Fishbowl. He explains that his species, when left to their own devices, will fight themselves almost to extinction. There are only 300 Grum, Chef’s species, left. He explains that the opposing side, called The Outsiders, used organ cutters to kill his people, which targeted genetic markers of anyone who wasn’t an Outsider. Apparently, the Outsiders stole the tech from Chef’s people who had designed it originally. Chef was a doctor during the war and saw his daughters die in it, and the war later eventually ended. Chef tried to live a quiet life and he eventually became a doctor and was taken onto The Wayfarer by Ashby. Chef believes none of the crew would have an issue with who Rosemary’s father is, just that she lied.

Ashby and Sissix are close friends. They both know each others' families, and they regularly play chess together in Ashby's office. Ashby is Sissix's feather brother, which amounts to chosen family. Sometime after buying the Wayfarer, Ashby met and fell in love with Pei during a visit to Port Coriol. The two have since carried on a relationship largely in secret, as Pei is an Aeluon whose career would be damaged by news of an inter-species relationship. However, after Ashby's near-death on Hedra Ka, Pei decided she no longer cared who knew about their relationship, and would not hide it any more. Who will like it: people looking for true slice of life narratives. People who want explicit diversity of the cast along multiple axes (gender identity, sexuality, racial identity). Rating. Difficult one. I dinged this book sufficiently for a D-list (books that are in my opinion flawed), but at the end of the day, despite what I wrote above, I did not experience any negative emotions reading this book, so it winds itself on the C-list, which, to me is the basic standard sci fi/fantasy. This book reminded me of the tv series Firefly (2002) and the follow up movie, Serenity (2005). The plot follows the travels of an independent contractor in the Galactic Commons, a loose alliance of different worlds and species, a multi-verse version of globalisation. The captain, Ashby Santoso, faces the same dilemmas any manager does however his involve smoothing relations between different species co-workers and negotiating contracts to punch tunnels through time and space.