The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet: Wayfarers 1

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Chapter 4: Tip Off: Captain Ashby has a conference with Yoshi, a member of the Transport Board who gives jobs to the crew of The Wayfarer. Yoshi suggests that maybe The Wayfarer is ready for higher level work. Ashby disagrees as The Wayfarer doesn’t have the right equipment for it. Yoshi informs Ashby that there’ll be some interesting work coming down the line. Yoshi also tells Ashby to follow the news the next five days as well. Welcome to the second discussion thread for The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Hopefully you are all enjoying this month's book.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. Other examples of recent books I read that i found comforting/would probably somewhat fit these specifications: Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? I play games (both video and tabletop), I do astronomy outreach with my local club, and I love bugs. Ask me anything. When I think about each individual character in the crew, there are some that are definitely stronger than others. I liked antisocial scientist Corbin’s development but it did feel like it kind of came out of nowhere after 60% of a book where he was barely present, while Ashby was a virtual nonentity to me. Kizzy cycled between endearing and extremely grating and the romance between Sissix and Rosemary was sweet but a little out of left field (or maybe I’m just obtuse at reading romantic cues). Ohan was my favorite crew member and I really, really loved their story most of all, while Dr Chef was another favorite.

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One thing I really liked in the book was the variety of alien races. I’ve not read, watched or played an awful lot of sci-fi stuff, but from my experience most aliens tend to be humans, but with scales or fur, or just caricatures of one characteristic, a bit like poorly-written orcs in fantasy. But that’s just not in this book. Each of the races have meaningful differences in their mannerisms and appearance, and they all have different viewpoints on various issues based on their history. For example, there’s a bit where you end up learning about all the different species’ views on cloning, and there are several times where humans are made fun of for being so pacifistic, a trait which they’ve developed after realising how their history of war has harmed them. None of the races seem like an exaggerated version of one emotion though, because they all have a depth to them, and there are characters who are exceptions to the way their species normally behaves. What was **normal everyday life** like for people living 50, 100, or more years ago? Featuring old photos, scanned documents, articles, and personal anecdotes that offer a glimpse into the past. or so - Spoiler Free/First Impressions Discussion. I know we have spoiler tags here, but I always think this is a good discussion that everyone is free to enter, and it can be used to help convince others to read it. If it is full of hidden spoilers, it won't work the same. I'm not saying you can't do that some, but the point will be to have a discussion that anyone can enter and read most of the comments. This was a hard thing to rate. Thankfully I knew going in that this might not be for me. In fact I put it off for ages - cosy slice of life didn't appeal to me, even if it is sci-fi - but I eventually bought and read it a) because the amount of glowing recommendations really piled up over time, b) because I was just coming off the grimdark military sci-fi of Gaunt's Ghosts and wanted something more chill and optimistic as a palate cleanser, and c) because I wanted a space opera that might remind me of the downtime in Mass Effect games. 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.An adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts.

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There’s not really much of a plot. The characters are ‘tunnelers’, which means they work on a ship which bores tunnels through space which make journeys that would take years last only a few hours. They get a contract to make a tunnel connecting a planet that just joined the Galactic Commons to the main hub of the galaxy. And that’s about it. So the plot’s there, and it’s fine, but it’s not really the point.

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. 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. I have no idea why this book affected me so much. I'm an old man and I am sitting there with tears running down my face. It's funny, it's poignant, it's personal.