The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Wayfarers, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Patricia Rodriguez
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By:
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Becky Chambers
About this listen
Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2016.
Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, 2016.
Firefly meets Mass Effect in this thrilling self-published debut!
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that's seen better days, offers her everything she could possibly want: a small, quiet spot to call home for a while, adventure in far-off corners of the galaxy, and distance from her troubled past.
But Rosemary gets more than she bargained for with the Wayfarer. The crew is a mishmash of species and personalities, from Sissix, the friendly reptillian pilot, to Kizzy and Jenks, the constantly sparring engineers who keep the ship running. Life onboard is chaotic but more or less peaceful - exactly what Rosemary wants.
Until the crew are offered the job of a lifetime: the chance to build a hyperspace tunnel to a distant planet. They'll earn enough money to live comfortably for years...if they survive the long trip through war-torn interstellar space without endangering any of the fragile alliances that keep the galaxy peaceful. But Rosemary isn't the only person onboard with secrets to hide, and the crew will soon discover that space may be vast, but spaceships are very small indeed.
©2014 Becky Chambers (P)2015 Hodder & StoughtonCritic Reviews
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- Dean
- 08-04-2020
Had Potential
If there was a little less emotional fluff and a bit more plot it would have been better. I nearly didn’t get through when then Lizard Human sex scene occurred. Bit too close to beastiality in my opinion and unbelievable. It through me out of the story. I’ll give it three stars for effort.
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- Keith
- 09-01-2018
Not bad, but not good either
Not enough characters, too many caricatures, the reader emits too many little girl squeals for comfortable listening.
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- Gregory
- 03-11-2017
Rich characters, interesting world, light plot
This story has a range of interesting characters, races, and politics which kept me listening. The plot is secondary to the relationships of the aforementioned. It might be interesting to have the same level of plot development as the author has put into the character development.
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- Sam Burgess
- 09-12-2018
great space story. fantastic aliens. loved it
Great story. It nice to have a true space adventure. loved the alien cultural concepts.
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- Miss Meg
- 30-05-2019
Real life sci fi
Like if Killjoys, Firefly and Mass Effect had a baby. Great characters. Well paced. Loved it!
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- Katrina
- 03-06-2018
Wonderful!
Chambers has created an amazing galaxy and the reading is so entertaining. Press play or open the book to get lost among the stars with these excellent characters.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-03-2021
chicken soup for the soul
i read a lot of reviews about this book that said it’s boring and has no tension.
yes, it’s not The Expanse, it’s not the gritty heart-aching distopian scifi we’re used to.
but i so so so much enjoyed this story for exactly that reason. it’s a wonderful story and it was chicken soup for my soul in a real-life world that’s full enough of stress and distopian already.
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- Luke C
- 15-05-2021
Highly Recommend!
Depth added to the universe, human issues expanded across the stars. Great read, great story!
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- Kathryn
- 09-05-2020
Loved it!
The story was great, really well written & the narrator did an excellent job. Very enjoyable to listen too. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series
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- John
- 28-06-2017
brilliant space story
"STARS!" the simple story, is often taken for granted.. i have listened to this book 5 tumes now and it never gets old.
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