The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience!
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
The beloved debut novel that will restore your faith in humanity
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The ship, which has 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 on board is chaotic, but more or less peaceful - exactly what Rosemary wants.
Until the crew are offered the job …
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience!
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
The beloved debut novel that will restore your faith in humanity
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The ship, which has 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 on board 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 on board with secrets to hide, and the crew will soon discover that space may be vast, but spaceships are very small indeed.
Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration and complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration so that listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.
Review of 'The long way to a small, angry planet' on 'LibraryThing'
5 stars
This was a lovely read. Although it's set in a rich fictional future which Chambers has clearly written a lot of history and sociology for, I enjoyed how that was background, not the point of the story. It's not a story about empires rising and falling, or historic heroes, just of a group of people getting through a series of challenges together. And while those people start out feeling like caricatures, they get progressively more believable as the book goes on, to the point that by the end I was very invested in their fates - not because The Fate Of The Galaxy Depends On Them, but just because they were interesting personalities I'd developed some affection for.
Review of 'The long way to a small, angry planet' on 'LibraryThing'
5 stars
This was a lovely read. Although it's set in a rich fictional future which Chambers has clearly written a lot of history and sociology for, I enjoyed how that was background, not the point of the story. It's not a story about empires rising and falling, or historic heroes, just of a group of people getting through a series of challenges together. And while those people start out feeling like caricatures, they get progressively more believable as the book goes on, to the point that by the end I was very invested in their fates - not because The Fate Of The Galaxy Depends On Them, but just because they were interesting personalities I'd developed some affection for.
Review of 'The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A fresh voice in the space adventure sub-genre! I love the optimism, the joy, and the adventure. This isn't to say that there aren't sad bits and anxiety-driven scenes. Nobody wants a pollyanna, and Chambers' first novel certainly has ups and downs driving the plot forward. She also has some very science-fictiony looks at identity and sapience. The aliens are sometimes very alien, and that's a very good thing. I'm looking forward to starting the next entry already.
Review of 'The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
This is a good and enjoyable book. It's not high art, and the mechanics of the story telling and character development are too visible for my taste, but I read it to prepare for her next book, Hugo-nominated "A Closed and Common Orbit."
World-building in this book is good -- I feel like pieces of it could come alive and live in my brain all by themselves, with a little more work. It feels like a series of short stories. They're not perfectly strung together, but the lack of total continuity isn't used to imply progress or convey mystery. In this universe, everything can be known.
It felt like Chambers was working down a checklist as she wrote: - describe the technology they use day-to-day in detail - resolve all conflicts by the end of the book, and preferably by the end of the working day - make sure to …
This is a good and enjoyable book. It's not high art, and the mechanics of the story telling and character development are too visible for my taste, but I read it to prepare for her next book, Hugo-nominated "A Closed and Common Orbit."
World-building in this book is good -- I feel like pieces of it could come alive and live in my brain all by themselves, with a little more work. It feels like a series of short stories. They're not perfectly strung together, but the lack of total continuity isn't used to imply progress or convey mystery. In this universe, everything can be known.
It felt like Chambers was working down a checklist as she wrote: - describe the technology they use day-to-day in detail - resolve all conflicts by the end of the book, and preferably by the end of the working day - make sure to cover the inner life of each character -- there's always a reasonable explanation for why so-and-so is a jerk, and once we empathize with them -- FRIENDS!
This book's conflicts are struggles between the Lawful Good and Chaotic Good alignments. This book's Netflix category would be: Empathy-Porn Buddy-Show in Space
Review of 'The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I loved this book.
Not very much happens - it’s really almost like a series of individual episodes with one overreaching arc. Every character felt realized in their own and alien ways. Wonderful science fiction/space fantasy.
Review of 'The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I tend to read & rate books but not review them. For 2018, I decided to try fixing that and [b:The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet|22733729|The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)|Becky Chambers|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1405532474s/22733729.jpg|42270825] is the first book benefit from this decision.
In any case, [b:The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet|22733729|The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)|Becky Chambers|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1405532474s/22733729.jpg|42270825] is a little bit silly, a little bit light, and totally kicked me in the feels. The plot is on the thin side but this isn't a book you read for the plot; it's all about the family the crew of the Wayfarer have made of each other.
Sure, there's dangerous stuff that happens to them but it's less about laser battles then it is about how the crew pulls together to help one another. All in all, it was a fun read …
I tend to read & rate books but not review them. For 2018, I decided to try fixing that and [b:The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet|22733729|The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)|Becky Chambers|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1405532474s/22733729.jpg|42270825] is the first book benefit from this decision.
In any case, [b:The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet|22733729|The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)|Becky Chambers|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1405532474s/22733729.jpg|42270825] is a little bit silly, a little bit light, and totally kicked me in the feels. The plot is on the thin side but this isn't a book you read for the plot; it's all about the family the crew of the Wayfarer have made of each other.
Sure, there's dangerous stuff that happens to them but it's less about laser battles then it is about how the crew pulls together to help one another. All in all, it was a fun read and I'm definitely interested in reading the rest of the series.
Review of 'The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
It's a leisurely-paced, feel-good sci fi about family; the one you're born with, and the one you create.
It felt a bit contrived at the start, but after the plot started rolling I really got interested. By the time I got to the end I was attatched to all of the characters, despite initially being bored of several of them.
The plot never really was completely resolved, which I was fine with since it was the first in a series, until realizing that the other books don't address what happened either. I'd love another book following the actual Wayfarer crew.
Ultimately it's a comforting exploration of an intriguing sci-fi universe that I'll definitely be reading again.
Review of 'The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Gran space opera, que se centra en lo importante, los personajes de la nave. Además unos personajes que no son soldados, que ni pueden ni quieren solucionar los conflictos con violencia, y que se ven sobrepasados con los resultados. La historia son como los capítulos de una serie: Todos casi independientes, pero arrastrando las consecuencias de los anteriores, y además la escala de las situaciones va subiendo progresivamente.
Me ha recordado mucho a la segunda saga de "La vieja guardia" de Scalzi, porque comparten muchas de las características, pero este libro desprende mucho más optimismo, tal vez por no estar directamente involucrado en ninguna guerra.
Review of 'The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I can only recommend this to people who enjoy solid sci-fi paired with interesting, believable characters. The first book for ages that engulfed me so thoroughly and made me care so much about a fictional group of people. I also like that Chambers' aliens are not just humans with scales or antennaes and her take on artificial intelligence. After listening to the audiobook I immediately started with the sequel and hope there will be more to come.