#The Wayfarer Series

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"You're Rosemary Harper. You chose that name because the old one didn't fit anymore. So you had to break a few lows to do it. Big fucking deal. Life isn't fair, and laws usually aren't, either. You did what you had to do. I get that."

Jenks The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

[rotationalsymmetry]

Oh. A closed and common orbit is a came back wrong story.

[squirrel-and-thepizzaman]

I’d just like to take this moment to share a magnificent thought from the mind of my boyfriend: what if instead of another mass effect game, BioWare decided on making the sequel a book instead? And what if the author given the task of writing said novel was none other than Becky Chambers? Imagine what she could do with these alien cultures and biotics! The potential queerness! The perspective of (and from) artificial intelligence like the geth and EDI! What I’d give to read her version of mass effect. I’m so mad at my boyfriend for thinking of this because now I want it.

[rewcana]

holy shit you're so right x

[image id: screenshot of tags that read "#this is so real #the dent bots and imubots #just imaging how imubots could change HRT]

everyday i think about how i wish the dent bots from the wayfarer's series were real

[thekawaiifruitworld]

Okay, so that one little sketch was so much fun that I had to expand it a bit... :D

[a-mymble-that-mumbles]

I know that a Wayfarers fandom exists somewhere. SOMEWHERE.

AND I CANT FIND IT.

Hear me now

I will find you

I will join you

And I will never be seen again.

Thank you for your time.

*i know it exists but not as much as I want it to*

[vincaminor42]

Doh! My dyslectic ass read that as aromantic instead of aromatic at first, so I voted for Sage despite knowing nothing about her, cause while I love the Wayfarers series and Pepper with my whole heart, she’s clearly in a loving romantic relationship with Blue and isn’t good Aro rep, and thought she’d got placed on a poll about Aro characters by mistake >.<

Now that I actually read the poll correctly I totally would’ve voted for Pepper, she is wonderful

Botanic Tournament : Aromatic Bracket !

Round 0 Part 2 Poll 1

Sage :

Pepper :

[devils-sacrament-catering]

Becky Chambers really said neopronouns are the norm thousands of years from now in basically every species/language and only doubled down harder as her series went on and I love her for that.

[quoteablebooks]

"We cannot blame ourselves for the wars our parents start. Sometimes the very best thing we can do is walk away."

Dr. Chef The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

[callmemanatee]

I've heard fans say there should be a movie adaptation of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, but consider this instead: a YouTube channel with a series of "vlogs" where characters from the Wayfarers books talk about what they're up to these days.

It would be small-scale, personal, and sweet. Just like the books we've grown to love.

[billgavemeextrachips]

Becky Chambers is SO damn good at what she does.

[coffeehour2]

The book Record of a Spaceborn Few is about so many things. It’s about the unbroken human spirit. It’s about how humans fear change but also desperately want it. It’s about how humans are reluctant to accept help, and also feel left behind when none is offered. It’s about human nature’s wariness of outsiders against our better judgment, but also unending curiosity. It’s about human unending optimism and the drive to survive.

But also it’s about 4 protagonists ending up at funeral for a guy they didn’t even really know.

[queereads-bracket]

Queer Adult SFF Books Bracket: Round 1

Book summaries below:

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers series) by Becky Chambers

Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, their noble captain.

Life aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet is definitely lucrative and will keep them comfortable for years. But risking her life wasn’t part of the plan. In the far reaches of deep space, the tiny Wayfarer crew will confront a host of unexpected mishaps and thrilling adventures that force them to depend on each other. To survive, Rosemary’s got to learn how to rely on this assortment of oddballs—an experience that teaches her about love and trust, and that having a family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe.

Science fiction, adventure, series, adult

The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

1992: After a confrontation at a riot grrl concert, seventeen-year-old Beth finds herself in a car with her friend's abusive boyfriend dead in the backseat, agreeing to help her friends hide the body. This murder sets Beth and her friends on a path of escalating violence and vengeance as they realize many other young women in the world need protecting too.

2022: Determined to use time travel to create a safer future, Tess has dedicated her life to visiting key moments in history and fighting for change. But rewriting the timeline isn’t as simple as editing one person or event. And just when Tess believes she's found a way to make an edit that actually sticks, she encounters a group of dangerous travelers bent on stopping her at any cost.

Tess and Beth’s lives intertwine as war breaks out across the timeline--a war that threatens to destroy time travel and leave only a small group of elites with the power to shape the past, present, and future. Against the vast and intricate forces of history and humanity, is it possible for a single person’s actions to echo throughout the timeline?

Science fiction, time travel, alternate history, science fantasy, adult

[thekawaiifruitworld]

I've just finished reading "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" (Wayfarers Series, Becky Chambers) - which sat on my to-read list for far too long and which I loved! Its been a bit since I've last read through a book in one go, completely forgetting time - So here's a little sketch of Sissix & Ashby. :)

[pop6squish-uhuh-cicero-lipschitz]

I recently devoured all of Becky Chambers’ books and they were exactly what I needed. I was reading a lot of Octavia Butler before and got really into sci-fi fantasy, but her books are really unsettling (as they should be) and I needed a little break. I love how Chambers’ style embodies a lot of what I adore in Octavia Butler combined with Star Trek and a few other things. It’s very hopeful and comforting while still shining a light at the terrors.

I’m gonna try Annalee Newitz next�� does anybody have any recommendations for authors with similar styles and subject matter? I’d love recommendations, especially if you know there’s an audiobook!