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| Trade paperback, 153 pages Published 2019 Acquired April 2020 Read June 2020 |
I found this novella very slow going at first. It's about an exploratory mission to exoplanets, following the crew of a spaceship as they move from one to one in the 22nd century. Chambers, I think, overloads us on procedural and scientific detail, and underloads us on reasons to care: I never found that any of the characters who weren't the narrator really popped. It did pick up as it went, though, and the central hook/conceit of the whole thing because clear. There's a couple great sequences near the end, especially when they're on the storm planet. But I feel like a lot of the early material could be trimmed down to get you to the meat of the book faster without losing any of the effect. On the other hand, there's a key moment at the end that would have benefited from more set-up: a scientific question is only introduced when it's resolved, instead of being seeded earlier on.
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