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"Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, 3)" by Becky Chambers

https://www.amazon.com/Record-Spaceborn-Wayfarers-Becky-Chambers/dp/0062699229/

The third book of a four book space opera science fiction series. I
read the well printed and well bound trade paperback published by Harper Voyager in 2018 that I bought new on Amazon. I have bought the fourth
book in the series and will read them in the future. Please note that
this series won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Series. I have no idea if
there will be more books in this very loosely connected series.

Life in the not so near future is quite different. Earth was horribly polluted and overcrowded so many people moved to other planets and space
ships in the Solar System. And then the aliens showed up using wormhole traveling space ships to cross the great expanses of space much faster.
The humans are now junior members of the Galactic Commons, the GC, with
all of the rights and responsibilities that come with that.

The last major push of people to leave Earth was the Exodus fleet. They scavenged and melted down the cities and built thirty-two huge
generation spaceships, headed towards another star system. They found
an unoccupied star system and put the generation spaceships in deep
orbit around the star. Some people left the generation spaceships and
some people stayed in the very old space ships. This book is mostly
about the people who stayed on the spaceships, recycling and recycling everything, including human bodies.

This series reminds me so much of the "Firefly" and "Star Trek" series
due to the people (including space aliens) interactions. There are many
space alien races, xenophobia, both mammals and reptiles plus a blob
race, AIs, etc. Technology and craziness are rampant throughout the
galaxy with people living everywhere that they can set down roots for a
while.

The author has a website at:
https://www.otherscribbles.com/

My rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (57,764 reviews)

Lynn
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