![]() ![]() Isabel, an archivist, is responsible for the histories and the stories of all of the Exodans. Yet it’s the three female perspectives that are the most compelling. The young men both desire to leave their respective homes, convinced the other world holds a better life. Sawyer, the “grounder” - a human born on a planet rather than a spaceship - yearns to return to the Fleet and find some connection to his history. Kip, born among the Fleet, is desperate to leave. ![]() The five perspectives are aptly written to provide a tableau of the world’s sociological structure. The result is a strikingly insightful contemplation on the ways space travel and alien contact could shape humanity over generations. The book follows a variety of Exodan individuals whose stories overlap and intertwine with one another, directly and indirectly. ![]() “Record of a Spaceborn Few,” the third in Becky Chambers’ loosely linked science fiction trilogy, explores the Fleet, a massive collection of ships that is home to the Exodans. That is, their ancestors took to the skies in ships with viewports facing the stars below ground. The Exodans - the distant descendants of Earth-born humans - keep the stars at their feet. By the stars, we hope.” Just as these words are the foundation for the naming ceremony of infants among the Exodus Fleet, they also compose the sentiment that drives Exodan culture. ![]()
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