Wayfarers Series 4 Books Collection Set by Becky Chambers (The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, A Closed and Common Orbit, Record of a Spaceborn Few & To Be Taught, If Fortunate)

“extraordinary . . . A Future Sci-fi Masterwork In A New And Welcome Tradition.” -- Joanne Harris, Author Of Chocolat A Stand-alone Science Fiction Novella From The Award-winning, Bestselling, Critically-acclaimed Author Of The Wayfarer Series. At The Turn Of The Twenty-second Century, Scientists Make A Breakthrough In Human Spaceflight. Through A Revolutionary Method Known As Somaforming, Astronauts Can Survive In Hostile Environments Off Earth Using Synthetic Biological Supplementations. They Can Produce Antifreeze In Subzero Temperatures, Absorb Radiation And Convert It For Food, And Conveniently Adjust To The Pull Of Different Gravitational Forces. With The Fragility Of The Body No Longer A Limiting Factor, Human Beings Are At Last Able To Journey To Neighboring Exoplanets Long Known To Harbor Life. A Team Of These Explorers, Ariadne O’neill And Her Three Crewmates, Are Hard At Work In A Planetary System Fifteen Light-years From Sol, On A Mission To Ecologically Survey Four Habitable Worlds. But As Ariadne Shifts Through Both Form And Time, The Culture Back On Earth Has Also Been Transformed. Faced With The Possibility Of Returning To A Planet That Has Forgotten Those Who Have Left, Ariadne Begins To Chronicle The Story Of The Wonders And Dangers Of Her Mission, In The Hope That Someone Back Home Might Still Be Listening. In her new novella, Sunday Times best-selling author Becky Chambers imagines a future in which, instead of terraforming planets to sustain human life, explorers of the solar system instead transform themselves. Ariadne is one such explorer. As an astronaut on an extrasolar research vessel, she and her fellow crewmates sleep between worlds and wake up each time with different features. Her experience is one of fluid body and stable mind and of a unique perspective on the passage of time. Back on Earth, society changes dramatically from decade to decade, as it always does. Ariadne may awaken to find that support for space exploration back home has waned, or that her country of birth no longer exists, or that a cult has arisen around their cosmic findings, only to dissolve once more by the next waking. But the moods of Earth have little bearing on their mission: to explore, to study, and to send their learnings home. Carrying all the trademarks of her other beloved works, including brilliant writing, fantastic world-building and exceptional, diverse characters, Becky's first audiobook outside of the Wayfarers series is sure to capture the imagination of listeners all over the world. "At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as somaforming, astronauts can survive in hostile environments off Earth using synthetic biological supplementations. They can produce antifreeze in subzero temperatures, absorb radiation and convert it for food, and conveniently adjust to the pull of different gravitational forces. With the fragility of the body no longer a limiting factor, human beings are at last able to journey to neighboring exoplanets long known to harbor life. A team of these explorers, Ariadne O'Neill and her three crewmates, are hard at work in a planetary system fifteen light-years from Sol, on a mission to ecologically survey four habitable worlds. But as Ariadne shifts through both form and time, the culture back on Earth has also been transformed. Faced with the possibility of returning to a planet that has forgotten those who have left, Ariadne begins to chronicle the story of the wonders and dangers of her mission, in the hope that someone back home might still be listening."-- Amazon.com At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as somaforming, astronauts can survive in hostile environments off Earth using synthetic biological supplementations. With the fragile body no longer a limiting factor, human beings are at last able to explore exoplanets long suspected to harbour life.