Record of a Spaceborn Few is a 2018 science fiction novel by Becky Chambers, published by Harper Voyager in the US and Hodder & Stoughton in the UK. It is a sequel to The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and A Closed and Common Orbit.
Synopsis The novel explores life in the Exodus fleet that was mentioned in passing in the preceding books, from the viewpoint of five characters: Tessa (sister of Ashby from The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet), a laborer and mother to two children; Kip, a restless teenager; Isabel, an elderly archivist; Sawyer, a recent immigrant; and Eyas, a "caretaker" who performs Exodan funerary practices.
Reception Record of a Spaceborn Few was a finalist for the Red Tentacle (Best Novel) at the 2018 Kitschies and the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novel.2019 Hugo Award & 1944 Retro Hugo Award Finalists, by Cheryl Morgan, at TheHugoAwards.org; published April 2, 2019; retrieved June 8, 2019 YearAwardCategoryResult2018BSFA AwardNovelGoodreads Choice AwardsScience FictionKitschiesRed Tentacle (Novel)2019Dragon AwardScience Fiction NovelHugo AwardNovelLocus AwardScience Fiction Novel
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