
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
A Novella
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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
In the future, instead of terraforming planets to sustain human life, explorers of the galaxy transform themselves.
From the Sunday Times best-selling author.
At the turn of the 22nd century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as somaforming, astronauts can survive in hostile environments off Earth using synthetic biological supplementations. They can produce antifreeze in sub-zero temperatures, absorb radiation and convert it for food and conveniently adjust to the pull of different gravitational forces. With the fragility of the body no longer a limiting factor, human beings are at last able to explore neighbouring exoplanets long suspected to harbour life.
Ariadne is one such explorer. On a mission to ecologically survey four habitable worlds 15 light-years from Earth, she and her fellow crewmates sleep while in transit and wake each time with different features. But as they shift through both form and time, life back on Earth has also changed. Faced with the possibility of returning to a planet that has forgotten those who have left, Ariadne begins to chronicle the wonders and dangers of her journey, in the hope that someone back home might still be listening.
©2019 Becky Chambers (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton LimitedBecky has a strong underlying philosophy and morality that has me identifying her as one of the first people I’d like to share dinner with, in those hypothetical dinner parties we are asked to speculate about.
A new science fiction
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Profound
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Brilliant
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This is a thoughtful book that does not include laser battles or Star troopers so if action is your primary requirement this book is not for you. It is however full of clever ideas and intriguing questions.
Patricia Rodriguez IS the voice of Becky Chambers books and does a sublime narration. She captures the depth of the characters wonderfully and brings the unfolding story to life perfectly.
Heartfelt and thoughtful
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Interesting
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Loved it
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Perfect narrator, excellent story
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I wish there were more Becky chambers and Patrica Rodriguez!
you both amazing.
thank you
looking forward to the next one. your my favourite author and reader.
Rafael x
lovely
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I do have a biological sciences background, so this may factor in my fangirling of this marvellous story.
wonderful and moving as well as intellectually stimulating
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