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Record of a Spaceborn Few
Record of a Spaceborn Few
#3 of 4 in Wayfarers

Record of a Spaceborn Few

By
Becky Chambers
Becky Chambers
By
Becky Chambers
Becky Chambers
2018 • 359 pages

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Average rating4.3

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Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but few outsiders have seen. Humanity has finally been accepted into the galactic community, but while this has opened doors for many, those who have not yet left for alien cities fear that their carefully cultivated way of life is under threat.

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Genres

  • Adventure
  • Aliens
  • Fantasy
  • LGBTQ
  • Science fiction

Moods

  • Adventurous
  • emotional
  • hopeful
  • reflective
  • inspiring

Series

Series

4 primary books5 released books

#3 in Wayfarers

Wayfarers is a 5-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2014 with contributions by Becky Chambers.

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Record of a Spaceborn Few
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Remy Sharp

A zoomed out view of the universe that Chambers' has created mostly from the human species point of view.

After reading Becky Chambers' first book I've been absolutely in love with the universe that they created.

What draws me in so much is the beautiful characters that Chambers' creates and lets us share a slice of their life.

This story starts with an event that's mentioned very much in passing in the first book about a collosal tragedy that results in the loss of one of the starships carrying the human species. That first chapter in itself is mind boggling, and the sheer tasks of collecting the bodies in space to offer the families a respectful funeral.

The story then jumps some amount of time forward (which initially I didn't realise) and we're introduced to more (I think) characters. There is also a tiny bit of connection to the first book (but sadly we don't get to revisit the original characters that I was so fond of).

For me the I struggled to keep track of the characters for around the first third of the book. I've found that Chambers' characters are drawn so vividly that this had not been a problem, but for this book I really struggled to distinguish the human characters (and I wasn't even sure if I had met them from the earlier section of the book).

Thankfully, eventually, the characters did settle out for me and I was able to tell them apart properly so I could understand who's story I was following.

As usual, the stories have a great deal of love and heart behind them and make me wish for a world like this.

It's a lovely book and story. Not my favourite of the series, but the bar was set so spectacularly high with the first it's almost impossible - that's to say that this is still a pretty darn good book on its own two feet.

October 21, 2020
thehourofpearl
Jess

Damn, Becky Chambers gets me every time. It took me longer to get into this book than the previous two, but it was well worth it.

October 4, 2018
MidMeow
MeowMeow

3.5 stars. Didn't have the magic of the first in the series, but I liked it well enough. A particular character was extremely annoying, but he grew on me. I had hoped for a bit more, but ... well. Still very warm.

Wish there were more slice-of-life SF and Fantasy books like this. I'm pretty tired of saving the world, you know? Heh.

August 16, 2018
falinter
john holst

There was a point where I thought this one was the least favorite of the three I read so far but the way a part towards the end was written actually brought me to tears. Each of the series installments really is it's own thing. You can't really compare them.

September 15, 2023

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