| title | author | published | pages | goodreads | goodreads_id | cover | read | start | rating | summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
To Be Taught, If Fortunate |
Becky Chambers |
2019 |
160 |
43714627 |
2021-02-08 |
2021-01-27 |
3 |
To Be Taught is another excellent story from Becky Chambers. Gently, honest, touching and inquisitive about the universe. |
To Be Taught is another excellent story from Becky Chambers. Gently, honest, touching and inquisitive about the universe.
A novella (so in theory a "short read") is exactly the kind of story I've quickly come to expect from Chambers: about the characters and striving to be better through knowledge and our humanity.
The story is told a message delivered to us - and by "us" the message hopes to be received by Earth. The crew of four humans have been sent to explore outer space and return with their findings.
The mission is entirely a discovery exercise, not "the Earth is doomed, we must quickly find new home" which so many stories would shoot for. So the book tells of the crew landing across four different planets and what they find and tell of their enthusiasm in science and real human struggles in confined spaces.
This is a gentle and easy read, and for me, treated as something to tide me over until the next novel length Wayfarers is released - but equally a solid story on it's own merits.