#107 in Science fiction
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
- 496
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Science fiction that cares about its crew far more than its plot. The appeal is the company: a mismatched ship’s crew of several species, in a galaxy where humans are latecomers and a minority, which lets the novel look at prejudice from an unusual angle. Some readers find events few and slow to arrive across almost 500 pages, and nearly everyone turns out kind. Ideal for readers after warmth; wrong for those wanting tension.
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About the book
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is the 2014 debut science fiction novel by Becky Chambers, set in her fictional universe, the Galactic Commons. Chambers originally self-published the novel via a Kickstarter campaign; it was subsequently re-published by Hodder & Stoughton.
Reading order · Wayfarers series
Full order & progress →- The Long Way to a Small, Angry PlanetThis book
8.28.2 / 10 - A Closed and Common Orbit
8.58.5 / 10 - Record of a Spaceborn Few
8.18.1 / 10 - The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
8.68.6 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 1,803 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 92% of the weight and the score stays at 8.2 — the Science fiction average of 7.8 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 85 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 1.7K | 95% |
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How long is The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet?
It has 496 pages — longer than 63% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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