Science fiction Literary 2021

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable.

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What it is

A place nobody can leave · comforting, like coming home

What happens in it

Closed setting

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How it's told

Its world
An invented world
Pulls you in with
Its characters

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Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you like a story shut inside one place
  • you read for the characters
  • you like to close a book feeling better

Maybe not if…

  • you like to keep your feet on the ground
  • you want tension from the first page

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