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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- simon
- 16-12-2017
Yawn
Great scifi concept, but lacking conflict. There are no stakes, every thread of conflict is resolved too easily. Reads like a boring scifi sitcom or Firefly fanfic.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-06-2020
Great performance, lacking story
About eighty percent of descriptions in this book are about sex. Every time you hear about a new alien, you're bombarded with info on how their genders work with very little information about their culture works.
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- Ellen Johnston
- 14-04-2016
loved it!
Believable, loveable characters. Storyline without holes. Great narrator. Awesome Sci-Fi. Even if you are not a huge Sci-Fi fan and just want to listen to a good story that makes you feel good, that is about friendship, love, family, values and what is important in life...this is the book for you. I'm sure I'll keep it in my library to listen to it again.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-08-2017
Great characters bland plot.
I found the story oddly paced, with little in the way of intrigue, mystery, or twists. The main character was more plain than flour. This made the overall plot a bit predictable.
The moments of suspense were good. The sapien design and race backstories were fantastic. Not enough to keep me interested though. This book just wasn't for me.
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- Natasha
- 06-04-2017
A story that's hard to find fault with
I loved this book. I loved the characters, I loved the plot, I loved the structure. Really the only heads up I could think to give is that its quite episodic in its writing style, which I found refreshing but I can imagine might frustrate others.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-12-2017
Enjoyable to listen too.
Enjoyed it. I would have liked the story to have had more depth and go to some other places but interesting and enjoyable.
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- Peter Bondy
- 12-08-2018
This is what audiobooks are all about!
I don’t think any sci-fi fan would be disappointed with this book. Very good story with a terrific collection of characters. There is a philosophical bent here and there which I enjoy. This is science fiction at its best.
Then add to that perfect narration by Patricia and you have a wonderfully entertaining listen. Her interpretation of the different characters is absolutely sublime. Subtle and clever she truly brings the characters and their emotions to life. So much so I’m an going to find other books she has narrated just because of her work here.
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- Kaylon
- 25-06-2022
3.5 Stars
Narration was well done. Cute story but it did drag a bit and nothing really happens. Sweet, but perhaps a bit too sweet. Great for some but not my cup of tea!
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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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