The Galaxy, and the Ground Within, Becky Chambers
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within, Becky Chambers
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The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
A Novel

Author: Becky Chambers

Narrator: Rachel Dulude

Unabridged: 9 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/20/2021


Synopsis

Return to the sprawling, Hugo Award-winning universe of the Galactic Commons to explore another corner of the cosmos—one often mentioned, but not yet explored—in this absorbing entry in the Wayfarers series, which blends heart-warming characters and imaginative adventure.

With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going for it is a chance proximity to more popular worlds, making it a decent stopover for ships traveling between the wormholes that keep the Galactic Commons connected. If deep space is a highway, Gora is just your average truck stop.At the Five-Hop One-Stop, long-haul spacers can stretch their legs (if they have legs, that is), and get fuel, transit permits, and assorted supplies. The Five-Hop is run by an enterprising alien and her sometimes helpful child, who work hard to provide a little piece of home to everyone passing through.When a freak technological failure halts all traffic to and from Gora, three strangers—all different species with different aims—are thrown together at the Five-Hop. Grounded, with nothing to do but wait, the trio—an exiled artist with an appointment to keep, a cargo runner at a personal crossroads, and a mysterious individual doing her best to help those on the fringes—are compelled to confront where they’ve been, where they might go, and what they are, or could be, to each other.

About Becky Chambers

Becky Chambers is a science fiction author based in Northern California. She is best known for her Hugo Award-winning Wayfarers series, which currently includes The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, A Closed and Common Orbit, and Record of a Spaceborn Few. Her books have also been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Locus Award, and the Women's Prize for Fiction, among others. Her most recent work is To Be Taught, If Fortunate, a standalone novella.Becky has a background in performing arts, and grew up in a family heavily involved in space science. She spends her free time playing video and tabletop games, keeping bees, and looking through her telescope. Having hopped around the world a bit, she’s now back in her home state, where she lives with her wife. She hopes to see Earth from orbit one day. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on October 02, 2021

Again, a commonly seen sci-fi trope is described from a new, fascinating perspective of which no other author had the ingenuity to see the potential. Back to the roots of the ingenious first novel, this completely character focused part again deals with social, sociological societal, and psychologica......more

Goodreads review by Charlotte on May 10, 2021

This series though! 🥰 Another wonderful addition to the Wayfarers series. Although I don’t think any of them have topped A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, I’ve enjoyed continuing nonetheless. Book 4 is set at a truck stop in space. For all your fuel, food and relaxation needs. But when a technical......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on May 05, 2021

My heart!!!!!!! What can I say about Becky Chambers that I haven't already said a thousand times before? I just absolutely adore the Wayfarers series and this book was no exception. The characters in this wrapped themselves around my heart in all the best ways and I cried my way through the last 10%......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on March 24, 2021

Chambers does it again with her character-driven warm-fuzzies-in-space-opera fiction. I've enjoyed all of these books for exactly what they are. Not a traditional space-opera in any normal sense of the word except in the dodads, alien species, and space-travel, but while we DO have all of these bits,......more

Goodreads review by Becca on January 28, 2023

While this isn't my favourite book of Becky Chambers', I can't deny that it felt good to be back in the Wayfarers universe. While this one has arguably even less plot than the earlier instalments in the series, Becky's writing is so comforting to me at this point that I am happy to be along for the r......more