262 pages
Spanish language
Published by Crononauta.
A principios del siglo XX la humanidad descubre un método revolucionario que permite a les astronautas sobrevivir en otros planetas gracias a suplementos biológicos sintéticos. Sin la fragilidad humana como límite, por fin es posible viajar a exoplanetas vecinos que albergan vida.
they visit four worlds, two fun ones and two sad ones and it's 2020 and I don't want anything sad in my head so I wasn't loving this by the end, through no fault of the author.
What an incredible treat this novella is. It's got everything I've come to love from Chambers' brand of sci-fi; the optimism, the character-driven narrative, the beautiful descriptions of both scientific work and imaginative new worlds that intertwine with the characters' states of mind, and more; the attention to technical details and other "hard sci-fi" aspects shocked me as they're not a huge component of the Wayfarers books nor what I look for in them, but they were a pleasant surprise and a demonstration of how Chambers still has a lot to surprise with. My only complaint is I wish it was way longer!
An interesting novella... the expansion of humanity into space 'almost always' provides good fodder for a story. This one is no no exception.
