Record of a Spaceborn Few

As amazing as Chambers' previous books. The character-focused moments, like with previous books, make this a must read for fans of Chamber's previous novels.

The third volume of the Wayfarer-Series is set among the Exodan Fleet. The fleet consists of thirty homesteader spaceships that once set out from the destroyed Earth to find a new home and a new way of life.
We follow a handful of characters, an archivist, a teenager, a care-taker and a new arrival to the fleet in their day-to-day routines. We learn of their struggles and their dreams and from the small, domestic minutiae slowly emerge the bigger issues that face the human race and its place in the rest of the universe, the Galactic Commons.

The pace of the novel is on the slow side, don’t expect galactic battles, instead, Becky Chambers skillfully draws you into this vast and fascinating world so full of detail that it’s like hanging out with your space-faring cousins. Told with emotional warmth, there is a mix of the everyday (nobody likes to do the cleaning up) and the exotic (we get a closer look at the Harmagian species), making the story relatable yet strange.

I really hope that this isn’t the end of the series but that Chambers decides to set many more novels in her wondrous worlds.

I can't thank the publisher enough for gifting me with an early review copy of this book and cannot wait to handsell this title (and encourage my customers to read the entire series!) when it comes out next month. Thank you Becky Chambers for writing one of the best, most exciting, emotional and utterly delightful SFF series in years!

Really warm to read, fantastic characters. Chambers extension of her universe works really well in this book, and I enjoy how she’s branching out into other characters rather than recycling old ones. Will recommend to audience and friends

I love Becky Chambers Wayfarer series. It may not be hard hitting sci-fi but the science side of things is always on point and the author uses the setting to explore questions of identity, humanity, humaneness, culture and conquest to great effect. An author who can tackle all the big questions and yet still have me compulsively turning pages because the book is just so much fun is a rare creature indeed. While this is more story adjacent to The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet than an actual sequel, it is still a wonderfully satisfying episode in the series, with a great new cast of characters and mentions of a few old favourites. I highly recommend this to all SFF fans.

Absolutely beautiful book. Read like slice-of-life fanfiction with tangible characters dealing with real life events, albeit on a space station many generations into the future! One thing I always like about Becky Chamber's books is that almost all the characters are, in the end, kind. This shows off the best that humanity could be and demonstrates that people, both human and non-human, are almost all ultimately good. The diversity in the books is understated but present everywhere, expected even. The book is a celebration of kindness, love and home, whatever that means to an individual. A book I'm sure I'll reread over and over again.

Another absolute gem from Becky Chambers, who writes beautiful sci-fi with heart that is completely unlike anything else out there. Becky Chambers will always be on my must-buy list.