To Be Taught, If Fortunate
von Becky Chambers
National Bestseller!A Hugo and Locus Award Nominee!“Extraordinary . . . A future sci-fi masterwork in a new and welcome tradition.” -- Joanne Harris, author if ChocolatA stand-alone science fiction novella from the award-winning, bestselling, critically-acclaimed author of the Wayfarers 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.
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To Be Taught, If Fortunate
von Becky Chambers
National Bestseller!A Hugo and Locus Award Nominee!“Extraordinary . . . A future sci-fi masterwork in a new and welcome tradition.” -- Joanne Harris, author if ChocolatA stand-alone science fiction novella from the award-winning, bestselling, critically-acclaimed author of the Wayfarers 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.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(4)
Rezension von LeaEin kurzes Buch, aber auch sehr faszinierend. Es geht um Leben. Wo kommt es her, wie überlebt es und wie kann es aussehen. Das Buch ist an vielen Stellen sehr wissenschaftlich, was wenig überraschend ist, da es um Wissenschaftler auf fremden Planeten geht. Der wissenschaftliche Part ist aber gut zu verstehen. Die zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen und was die unterschiedlichen Planeten mit den vier Protagonisten machen, ist faszinierend zu lesen. Auch die Planeten sind faszinierend. Ein wirklich gutes Buch. Kann ich jedem empfehlen.
Rezension von ClandesvSchöne, recht leichte Lektüre, und sehr schön für Menschen, die Liebe für Science, wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Methoden und Entdeckungen haben.
Rezension von Feyza Onay3.5/3.75
Rezension von JuliaI have never read a nerdier book and I say that in the best of meanings (like when John Green uses the term Nerd!). The worlds and their beings, Becky Chambers imagines, are rich and abundant in creativity, curiosity and liveliness. And those four space travelers, eager to do science, oh how I loved them (I rooted for them, even though I only got to know them for the short time of a 130 page novel). And this, I think, is because of the endearing narrative morals the author has: peace, open mindedness, tolerance, to live free from cruelty and the inclination of power. Like in her Wayfarer-Series these people are the friendliest, smartest, best in communication, bond-building characters you can wish for in a (utopian) book - every protagonist I ever met in Chambers novel I really really wanted to befriend! “The walls were made of thick glass, and behind it was the dense network you finde below every forest. Roots interlocking like fingers, with gossamer fungus sprawled symbiotically between, allowing for the peaceful exchange of carbon and nutrients. Worms traversed roads of their own making. Pockets of water and pebbles decorates the scene. This is what a forest is, after all. Don’t believe the lie of individual trees, each a monument to its own self-made success. Forest is an interdependent community, resources are shared, and life in isolation is a death sentence.” “‘Here, Look-‘ He picked up a tiny leaf of fast-growing spinach, engineered to go from seed to salad in days. ‘I saved this for you.’ I took the offering and held it up. The stem had split itself, forming two little leaves side by side. ‘It’s twins.’ ‘It’s a mutant!’ He said happily. No further explanation for why he had set it aside was needed. The leaf was a mutant and mutants were cool, the end. He reached out, broke one of the leaves off, and popped it into his mouth. I did the same with my half.” “I had been through over a dozen launched before Opera. I was always overwhelmed by the experience, awed by the raw power at my back - and yes, obviously, a little bit afraid. I’ve heard some astronauts describe the feeling as like somebody putting a massive foot in the middle of your back and pushing you away. I never imagined a foot. I imagined the hands of every scientist and supporter, lifting us up to a place no one could reach alone.”